The Poetry Thursday prompt this week was "blue." I danced around it all week. I thought about the implied meanings in the color blue---sadness, calm (well, some shades), water, sky.
I looked at the sky Wednesday night and thought about how it perfectly matched the color my brother's eyes--this amazing midnight blue crayon color. He has this stained glass look to his eyes, but all in midnight blue.
I thought about my own emotions, and how I can't remember ever thinking of any one of them as anything but a shade of blue. From periwinkle to midnight to electric to cadet (yes, I know my crayon box very well).
I looked around my house, at all the blue in my furniture and decorations, and how, though I love other colors more than blue, blue is the one I seek for comfort.
So, I got around to this. I've never titled a poem before, but this one I thought needed something.
All My World
Needing the world to stop~~navy
Looking for escape~~wild blue yonder
Creature comforts...connection with my family~~midnight
What I feel with him~~blue violet
Day in, day out drudgery~~cadet
At peace~~robin's egg
Check out the colors I mentioned, and others at the Crayola site.
For more blue poetry, visit Poetry Thursday.
Saturday, September 09, 2006
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Sorry I didn't comment on this sooner, but somehow I missed it (you're as sneaky as I am with the multiple-blogs-thing, LOL). I really really like this poem - especially the Robin's egg blue reference!
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