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amother

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 3:49 pm

I need to use the word orange in a purim poem. Is there any emotion or use of the word besides using it to describe the color of something; people see red or feel blue for example.

All I can think of is orange instead of aren't.

PinkFridge

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 4:14 pm

Nothing obvious. I googled seeing orange and found a retinal issue, and a book that's a takeoff on seeing red. Is it a lower level of seeing red? I didn't look into it too carefully.

amother

Cornsilk

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 4:27 pm

You could reference it in context of being a color and a fruit

scruffy

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 4:34 pm

in the context of a fruit- comparing apples and oranges - Haman and Mordechai?

singleagain

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 4:48 pm

I remember getting an orange you glad it's Purim one year. It was cute

amother

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 5:31 pm

scruffy wrote:

in the context of a fruit- comparing apples and oranges - Haman and Mordechai?

Interesting idea!

rae

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 5:41 pm

Substitute orange for a range ex orange of emotions.
Use the letters O
R
A
N
G
E. In poem

amother

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 5:45 pm

To clarify:

I am using each color on a different paragraph.
The orange paragraph is where Achashverosh picks Esther.
He sees red and says off with her head in the paragraph before.

amother

Cornsilk

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 5:51 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

To clarify:

I am using each color on a different paragraph.
The orange paragraph is where Achashverosh picks Esther.
He sees red and says off with her head in the paragraph before.

Perhaps use green for this paragraph instead, and describe Esther's olive green skin.

scruffy

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 5:53 pm

Thought: can you end a line with the word orange and then write something like "nothing rhymes with orange" and cut off the stanza there LOL

amother

Cappuccino

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 5:56 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

To clarify:

I am using each color on a different paragraph.
The orange paragraph is where Achashverosh picks Esther.
He sees red and says off with her head in the paragraph before.

Orange you glad he picked her?

Or: Comparing the girls was like apples to oranges, he made the obvious choice.

rae

Tue, Mar 01 2022, 5:56 pm

Picking Esther from orange of girls

Or: Orange of girls waited to be seen
Achashveirosh didn’t want another mean queen.

amother

IndianRed

Tue, May 10 2022, 11:02 am

So cute! Would you share the entire poem here?

amother

Wed, May 11 2022, 1:34 pm

amother [ IndianRed ] wrote:

So cute! Would you share the entire poem here?

Today is Purim
What a fun day!
I’ll tell you the reason
In a colorful way.
In Shushan, years ago,
Achashverosh saw red.
His wife wouldn’t obey,
So he said, “Off with her head”
Then he missed her
And picked Esther as his queen
So different, like apples and oranges,
Esther was good, Vashti was mean.
Haman came to power,
And sure as the sun is yellow!
Mordechai would not bow down,
It really made him bellow.
It made him feel so sick and green
He wanted to kill all the Jews.
They had to cry and repent
To try to overturn this terrible news.
Esther was informed,
She felt really blue.
Mordechai sent her to the king,
A dangerous act she had to do.
The decree was overturned,
The Jews could celebrate and sing,
And Mordechai was elevated,
Dressed in purple like a king.

amother

IndianRed

Wed, May 11 2022, 6:08 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

SO so cute!! You're so creative!!

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