A Silent Kind of Blue

there is no hush...when silent dreams can scream
and echo through a thousand yesterdays
just like the thoughts that float upon a stream
are lost in lackadaisical malaise

no peace within this torrid kind of blue
- horizons that portend more of the same
then taunt with hints of calm where wishes flew
to where they hide - and no one has a name

a sultry sax weeps like the sallow trees
as tickled keys stall on a lazy chord -
a cloud sails through blown by a trumpet's breeze
and patience snares its improvised reward

    all tangled in a thought that never ends
    - that solo break where sanity pretends

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Date: 6/28/2023 10:44:00 AM
a sultry sax weeps like the sallow trees…ooh love this line, Craig!
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Craig Cornish
Date: 6/28/2023 11:07:00 AM
Thanks so much Kim!
Date: 6/27/2023 10:35:00 PM
Absolutely cool concept. Relish your verse, Craig. Haunted by happenings, continuing to function smoothly, - Silent Blue. Love your submission.
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Craig Cornish
Date: 6/28/2023 6:06:00 AM
Thank you Segrid, but of course you know this is just thoughts about the contest I posted. Usually, when I post a prompt/inspiration, I don't even have any clue what I might write to it but think that if I am to expect others to write to it, I should expect the same from myself- but- unlike most politicians, I'm not narcissistic enough to enter it in my own contest, but it was fun anyway! Hope you come up with something yourself...
Date: 6/27/2023 1:51:00 PM
Very creative
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Craig Cornish
Date: 6/28/2023 6:57:00 AM
Thank you Shirley
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