Prompt 497

Hello poets,

This is a Day 4 Prompt. It’s called the Name Game. Barbara wants us to go to Poetry Foundation and find a title that somehow attracts us. And come up with a poem to match the title. Interesting game.

Here’s mine. I found a title that somehow attracted me. Here is it.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/161658/your-fade-out-is-a-tiny-philosophy-but-no-less-true-for-that

Your Fade-out is a Tiny Philosophy But No Less True for That

To the woman in the green patterned bralette,
Adidas pants with vertical grommets
and matchy green socks peeking out
of your gold sneakers, I say,
your intense devotion to colors
and color blocking skills
is admirable. It shows an insidious
choice, which only some people might notice,
and some might say, an observation not deserving
mention, definitely not a ground for poetry.
Yet isn’t poetry a useful handle for an aesthetic
approach to life’s pleasures?
Or should we constantly look toward
horses feeding, or tortoiseshell cats,
or blackthorns, or holly trees?
I’ll let nature poets have their day.
Weakening at the sight of colors,
made up in the fabric of everyday lives,
not faded but vibrant, stylized,
that can be solace, and poetry yet.