"Green", a new poem

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"Green", a new poem

For the Daneshill poetry group March 2017
Green

The club of colours, one dimly remembers
Is an exclusive one with only three members
It's a case of well met, fine fellow
As long as you are blue, red or yellow
They are known as the colours primary
Everything else is definitely contrary
Green is greeted with total derision
Colour wise definitely second division
In this context it is easy to see
Why green became the colour of envy
There's a reason they despise this lovely hue
It's the changeling child of yellow and blue
Born out of wedlock, the club to appall
Of mixed descent, not primary at all.


Odium is also heaped on green
Because it is everywhere to be seen
To spot red or yellow is really quite rare
And how often do you see blue except
When the clouds in the sky are left unswept
But green is the colour everyone sees
In the grass, in the leaves, and the trees
Sometimes in the garden or country scene
The whole of the world seems coloured green
Don't be surprised it is setting the pace
For green is the future of the human race.

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