Winter blue begets blueas seasons change, so toothose who question colorreject red, embracing blueBlueish wind hangs back,on notice from those whowait on springtime zephyrsto blue up wallflower bluesWho am I to question useof blue as metaphor for bluerepresenting another stageblue belaboring all that blue
Flash 55 in the Imaginary Garden: Color
I like blue!
ReplyDeleteBlue can be pretty. You did a good job here of showing it's other side, a sour mood.
ReplyDeleteColor me happy if you'd like. I like Nimroy's (Star Wars, Mr. Spock's) words, "Live long and prosper."
My post today is supposed to double for your challenge, taking off from a tease of Gillian Welch. It was fun but 55 didn't do my Hard Times justice.
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Blue has several connotations: sad/depressed, color, with an ess music... "blue belaboring all that blue" wonderful line
ReplyDeleteBlue must deal with blue. I love the color but dread the emotion.
ReplyDeleteboo hoo so much blue? ready for red? ~
ReplyDeleteI agree with Debi.....that was my favorite line too..it's beautiful wording but it's also a great use of alliteration too.
ReplyDeleteBlue is for me a happy color.. for me it's summer and sun.. but there is that bluegrey shade of winter that tend to quench you (hue)..
ReplyDeleteLove. Maybe those who label the blues blue find them as pretty as flowers in the spring.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you used the word blue numerous times without it once seeming over done.
ReplyDelete…while red buds break through the blue skies on a clear day.
ReplyDeletei live in a no winter zone, but on the aspect of rejecting red in winter, i suppose the cardinal is therefore persistent
ReplyDeletemuch love...
There are blue shadows in winter and yet also the brightest of skies-- and darkness too-- your poem reflects all of that. Thanks. K. ManicddAily
ReplyDeleteThe blues of winter may be soon the blues of first spring ~ Love this Marian ~
ReplyDeletetotally blued :D
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