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You’re a Fucking Rainbow
Poetry - 163 Q4
This is an ode the a fucking rainbow of a person my dear best friend, Vania. One day I came up with this title but I had no idea what to write about. Then, one day I realized that each color of the rainbow stands for a quality of her. So I went on to describe each color and it’s attributes. In no way, shape or form, this poem reflects her amazing spirit, creativity and kindness. It doesn’t even come close to what she actually is, but I tried my best.
The revision for this piece was very minimal. I simply added description and changed a few words in order to make it more interesting and reflective on who she is. I tried playing with second person again since it’s something I’ve done previously and liked the experimentation. I also wrote it in second person this way when she’d read it and hopefully like it she could feel like I was talking to her.
My favorite part of this piece is what it means to me. I really appreciate her and her friendship and this was just a small way of showing her that. My favorite stanza is this one “ And you’re Purple,/ amazingly unique./ The perfect combination between / strength and tenderness.” because it’s actually her. I like how I managed to describe Vania using colors and what they stand for, and in this case purple is the perfect example of this. Unfortunately, not all colors where as successful for example: “Lastly, you’re Pink./ Loving and caring/ and unbelievably cute. / Just like bubble gum,/ you can cheer up,/ anyone’s day.” This is cheesy and corny but I have no better way to describe her.