Which Blue Is True

Blue is the color of the sky and the sea on a sunny day Blue skies are skies that are ripe for sailors and for sailing, and we all wonder what's at the bottom of the beautiful 'deep, blue sea' Blue is the color of the 'blues,' a uniquely American musical style one that originated in the context of a hard-scrabble existence be it in the coal mines of Appalachia, the cotton fields of the South or the concrete jungle ghettos of New York City and Chicago This blue has even sneaked into our holidays: Elvis had a 'blue, blue blue Christmas' -- hubba, hubba; and it is the color in one of the lines of perhaps the most often recited, well-known American poem ever: 'Roses are red / Violets are blue...' even though they're usually purple All of which begs the question: Which blue is true? Is it positive or negative? Is it the beautiful sky and sea blue or is it the blue of no job and no hope? Perhaps the answer is that it's both, as Richard Farina once put it so succinctly: 'Been down (blue) so long that it looks like up (blue) to me' January 05, 2019 Entry in "Blue" Poetry Contest Sponsor: Craig Cornish