blue – Serendippity

opening shots

There will be three:
   the forest of gentle menace,
   the atrium of white silence,
   the sea of blue chairs.
The viewer will notice first:
   the denuded spires of the trees,
   the billowing of the marble arches,
   the methodical stacking of the chairs.
And as the camera pans out:
   the pockmarked snow,
   the solitary white chair,
   the blue of the sea.

^{Poem title from chapter 11 of Poemcrazy by Susan G. Wooldridge.}

I based this poem on three photos selected from the @SpaceLiminalBot Twitter account. Peace to your ♥!

I loved, as a child, lying on my back on the ground. Sometimes I lay on a blanket, sometimes directly on the grass. Eyes closed, muscles relaxed and supported by the warm earth–it made me feel grounded. Opening my eyes and looking up at the sky evoked an entirely different feeling. Peace to your ♥ !

Blue Without You

I lie beneath
a tangible sky, lungs full
of visceral blue.

If only you
were here with me, drowning
in this deep

blue sea, too.

NaPoWriMo 2016 Day 21 – Write a poem in honor of Earth Day.

“Blue Without You” Blitz

Next up for poetic forms: the blitz poem. I struggled with this one. Writing the lines in alphabetical order is not a requirement of the form but helped me find a way into the poem. Peace to your ♥ !

 Blue Without You 

 Ask me what I know
 Ask about blue
 Blue the emotion
 Blue the sky canvas
 Canvas for clouds
 Canvas of my dreams
 Dreams of you and me
 Dreams we elope
 Elope to France
 Elope somewhere far
 Far from here
 Far from your grandpa
 Grandpa the grim
 Grandpa with his hounds
 Hounds with their noses
 Hounds that identify
 Identify my scent
 Identify and jinx
 Jinx my attempts
 Jinx though I keep
 Keep trying to love
 Love and be loved
 Love as we were meant
 Meant from all time
 Meant for now
 Now and forever
 Now it is over
 Over but not forgotten
 Over like the past
 Past with its innocence
 Past without questions
 Questions from others
 Questions about right
 Right background
 Right social standing
 Standing staring heavenward
 Standing with my thoughts
 Thoughts blue upon blue
 Thoughts of us
 Us holding hands
 Us rising victorious
 Victorious over fate
 Victorious and wishful
 Wishful and woeful
 Wishful for you
 You who stole my heart
 You who keep it still
 Still
 Heart

 © Stephanie Malley