Green
There are 231 colors of green according to Sherwin-Williams.
I should be able to write a poem about the greens
of the woods and forest floor with this many colors.
The may apples are their own shade, you know the one I am talking about.
And the emerging grape vines are covered with a satin finish.
Fiddle head ferns have several shades, the head is wooly
and darkens as it unfurls to become a jade feather on the woodland floor.
Young poison ivy is tinged with red and finally a glossy finish.
The color of growing maple leaves is as soft as the leaf itself.
Honeysuckle, oak are not among the 231 shades
but you know the colors I mean.
Homestead Review
Spring 2015
