Crayons

Crayons: A Rainbow Poem (Original)

By Jane Yolen

This box contains the wash of blue sky,

Spikes of green spring,

A circle of yellow sun,

Triangle flames of orange and red.

It has the lime caterpillar

Inching on a brown branch,

The shadow black in the center

Of a grove of trees.

It holds my pink and your chocolate

And her burnt sienna

And his ivory skin.

In it are all the colors of the world.

Crayons: A Rainbow Poem

By Kelly Lautenschlager

This box contains the tint of a white snow,

Brightness of a red rose,

A circle of a purple grape,

Bright stars of blue and yellow.

It has the vibrance of a rainbow parrot

Flying freely in the crisp blue sky,

The shadow brown down below

On the grainy sand.

It holds my blue and your green

And her glowing hazel

And his brown eyes.

In it are all the colors of the world.