Blue By You

BLUE BY YOU

What’s Blue by me?  

Butterfly wings, 
the Blue Moth in flight,
stilettos, suede shoes, 
for dancing at night.
Moonbows and rainbows, 
in the spectrum of blue,
the eyes of your love, 
when he’s laughing at you!  
Purple Lupine, Periwinkle,
and Violets can’t be!
Forget-me-nots, Bluebells, 
are true bluer to me.  
Oceans, rivers, 
blue lagoons in the day,
on a raft or a sailboat, 
to blue Half Moon Bay.
Lapis, sapphires,
oyster shells from Cape Cod, 
Bettas and Dolphins,  
are deep blue in a pod.
Blue Willow, blue Fenton, 
Blue Delft on their stems,
Cobalt blue glasses, 
for wine with your friends.
You’re singing the Blues, 
when your down in the mouth,
your blue in a mood,  
if your spirits go south.
Blueberry muffins, 
blue cheese, and blue crab,
and blueberry buckle,  
that’ll run up your tab.
A Blue Footed Booby,
who’s feet look too cold,
a Bluebird, and Bluejay, 
whose terribly bold.
Something blue for a wedding,
sing alone with this moon,
“working blue” in a gig,
when a blue moon’s not soon!
Blue bloods are said, 
to be noble within,
but the silver in spoons
made them blue in their skin.
Blue dragons and Smurfs
and a painted Blue Boy,
stuffed hippos, and Eeyores,
are gifts of great joy.
We can’t forget, 
those blue denim jeans,
we lay down, to zip up, 
unless we are lean.
Baby and Navy, 
and Cornflower blue,
Steel and Teal, 
they’re vivid too.
Royal with Azure,
they share a bright blue,
Sky and Powder,
are softer in hue,
Electric and Space,
or a Midnight milieu, 
these are my colors,
now what’s blue by you.

-Edlynn Nau
©April 12, 2019

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 4/13/2019 4:29:00 PM
This must have been so much fun to write, Edlynn! The only blue you left me to comment on is the grey-blue of my eyes!! I love the smooth fast flow of this poem...and I'm still smiling at "we lay down to zip up" :) ~ Regards // paul
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Date: 4/13/2019 4:43:00 PM
LOL, I love peeps who can line up with my sense of humor and YES my friends on Facebook related most to those blue jeans for some reason. I see long walks in my future! I’m so glad you enjoyed the play in this Paul. Thank you for the read and the visit.
Date: 4/13/2019 3:21:00 PM
Blue is and always has been my favorite color. And not just because I have wondrously blue eyes(as my wife tells me) my friend! Love the flow creative and thought in this exquisite piece! A fav..
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Edlynn Nau
Date: 4/13/2019 3:57:00 PM
Thank you! Making the List genre and having it rhyme too... is a headache! My eyes are blue too. We really don’t have any color. Its just a structure that refracts & reflects light. Who knew? Thanks for reading down this long list! I even left examples out! Huh!
Date: 4/13/2019 1:50:00 PM
wow you went through the whole spectrum of blue in such a charming way Edlynn I usually find blue such a cold colour now I have a very different picture of it:-) so good to see you posting again:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 4/13/2019 2:52:00 PM
Thanks! I think Blue gets a bad rap because depression and sadness is attached to it. It’s the highest energy in the spectrum and it took scientists 100 years to figure out why we cannot see blue light naturally on earth or even in sunlight without the help of a prism. Blue doesn’t appear naturally in nature but rather is a reflection of light so that most eyes, or bird feathers are really NOT blue but a structure that bends light. Blue is rare and we usually call purple flowers blue (when they are not). Water is not blue except by reflection of sky and you don’t want me to tell you about the sky. I LOVE BLUE and it keeps me calm and brings me energy.
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