Lexadecimal poems

 Ba1b0a 1a5505 5a1ad5,
 1e5b05 f01ded f1eece.

 10ca15 c0bb1e ce1105,
 fab1ed ba11ad cea5ed.

What is that?

Balboa lassos salads,
Lesbos folded fleece.
Locals cobble cellos,
fabled ballad ceased.

A lexadecimal poem is one made from lexadecimals. If you take a hexadecimal color code that has only a, b, c, d, e, f, 0, 1, or 5 in each of its six positions (e.g. #bada55), and turn 0 into o, 1 into l, and 5 into s, and if that's a word, it's a lexadecimal^*.

Great way to make a colorful poem.




The two background colors are #ca55e1 #5ab1e5 (chosen to make the others readable), or "Cassel sables".

^*Lexadecimal was created by Jonny Richards, Peter MacRobert, David Somers & Amanda Dredge, with a nod to Ben Griffiths for the original concept.

placed in Poets United Poetry Pantry #69