Carpet Color Names

One time I worked at a carpet store. Here’s a poem composed entirely of the names they used for carpet colors.

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Stingray tapdance malted thunderbolt.

Diffused light winfield landslide

thunderbolt raffia.

Tapdance rococo beige.

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Topgun ryetoast

royale fashion place wicker.

Success chocolate.

Tender grey upbeat mushroom.

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Soft nutmeg summer smoke

monk’s hood bushwhacked cloudswept paperbag.

Upbeat quarrystone.

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Wineberries embrace.

Pioneer’s mesa cameo mist.

Timeless beige.

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Salsa chaps winter dusk.

Pink spangles diamond dust.

Cobra viper essence.

3 Responses to “Carpet Color Names”

  1. poetswhoblog Says:

    Very original idea behind composing a poem. Interesting.

  2. Crafty Green Poet Says:

    how do they think up those names? Works really well as a poem!

  3. Jill Says:

    Ok, this cracks me up! I love it…I love that you remember the names!

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