Mellow Yellow

NATURE RARER USES YELLOW

Nature rarer uses Yellow

Than another Hue –

Saves she all of that for Sunsets –

Prodigal of Blue

Spending Scarlet, like a Woman

Yellow she affords

Only scantly and selectly

Like  Lover's Words

Emily Dickinson

Yellow is definitely the predominant colour in my garden at the moment, despite what the poet says about it being used 'scantly and selectly' in nature. The marsh marigolds, tulips, cowslips and daffodils were glorious today in the Spring sunshine. Come the summer though, everything will change, and there will be predominance of blue, so perhaps Emily is right after all.

Writing prompts:

• Write about colours in nature. What colours can you see around you at the moment in gardens, parks or in the countryside?
• Choose one colour and write about all the associations that colour has in nature be it, for example, with flowers, trees, birds, animals, skies or seas. 
• What emotions do colours in nature arouse in you? Write about how you feel?