Poetry: A Colorful Year

A Colorful Year (poem collection)

January

Silver sings
such sweet songs,
a whisper of moonlight

February

Red might shout
but what red’s really about
is something akin to passion

March

Yellow unfolds in morning,
leaning into the blue of sky,
a reminder of why we find joy
in small moment

April

Green sleeps unbidden,
a hidden seed in the weeds
waiting for a moment to dance

May

Pink is punk,
the unexpected beautiful voice
of a passionate embrace

June

Blue, like strings
on a beat-up guitar;
strummed chords that find you,
wherever you are

July

Orange burns
from its center, first,
and then extends itself
outwards

August

Purple hides and hints
at transformation,
a small creation of wonder
and love

September

Teal and turquoise –
color cousins –
holding hands
as twilight calls

October

Brown, fingers dirty
from digging,
the Earth is singing
something sweet

November

Gray days,
but not always gloom;
there’s room for all
emotion

December

Gold holds us in
the magic of each moment;
collaboration

Collection of poems for the 2026 CLMOOC Calendar Project
https://clmooc.com/clmooc-calendar-project-2026-a-colorful-year/

Peace (and verse),
Kevin

CLMOOC Collaborative Calendar 2026

For the past few years, the CLMOOC Community — and its various connected cousins, like DS106 and NetNarr — has come together to create a calendar project for the coming year. I have taken the reins for the past two years, and what a pleasure it is help connect us together from around the world through art and words and more.

This year, we chose “A Colorful Year” as our theme, and each month has a color theme for photographs, artwork and poetry. The calendar is free to download from the CLMOOC website.

Peace (a rainbow of possibilities),
Kevin