Choreopoem

The first thing I learned from this book is that it's use of choreopoem is displayed throughout. It is the blending of music, dance, and poetry. These girls have a story and a life to tell and they do just that in their own ways with their own thoughts. The "colors" that represent each woman, I believe has so much more meaning behind it than meets the eye. I am still trying to figure it out honestly. I am beginning to think that it has alot to do with being comfortable in your own skin, whether your colors are different from everybody else's. This idea reminds me of the song by Phil Collins called "True Colors." It applies to these poems and how one merely yearns to be accepted no matter what. It begins with a lady in brown and the rest follows with women who are each a color from the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. The situations that they face in their lives are the repercussions of "being alive and being colored." The "dark phrases" are what intrigued me because she expressed the trials of being a black woman growing up in America. But the childishness ensues as they play freeze tag. The innocence is not fully lost.