Aquamarine

Posted on August 12, 2016 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  dVerse Poets Pub:  Breathing In Blue (posted by De)
For this week’s Poetics, I want you to do just that: look up, breathe in some blue, and breathe out a poem. Ponder the hue itself (indigo, turquoise, cerulean, cobalt, aquamarine, sapphire, azure, slate) for a bit, then write. Or listen to some blues, and write us some sadness. Or if you’ve got those late-summertime-can’t-seem-to-write blues, tell us about it – in poem form.

Aquamarine stones
of March-mad Aries
wink in sunshine.

Facets fold flat
to one-dimensional rock
when indigo mood spills
ink, blots out light.

Baby has the blues,
no blue-suede shoes,
no Broadway tunes, merely
a steely blue rendezvous.

Poetics: Breathing in Blue

About purplepeninportland

I am a freelance poet, born and bred in Brooklyn, New York. I live with my husband, John, and two charming rescue dogs–Marion Miller and Murphy. We spent eight lovely years in Portland, OR, but are now back in New York. My goal is to create and share poetry with others who write, or simply enjoy reading poetry. I hope to touch a nerve in you, and feel your sparks as well.
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10 Responses to Aquamarine

  1. Dr. Crystal Howe says:
    August 12, 2016 at 5:59 am

    That’s my son, March-mad, an aquamarine baby. I like this, though it’s melancholy and he is not. 😀

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  2. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:
    August 12, 2016 at 6:13 am

    So many differences of the blue hues.. Well penned.

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  4. scotthastiepoet says:
    August 12, 2016 at 6:36 pm

    Sara, love the boldness and clarity of this – altogether fresh and sparkly – I will be back for more… With Best Wishes Scott http://www.scotthastie.com

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  5. lynn__ says:
    August 13, 2016 at 1:20 am

    Fifty shades of blue…

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  6. Kay says:
    August 13, 2016 at 2:43 am

    Stunning imagery! Loved this.💜

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  7. Bodhirose says:
    August 13, 2016 at 2:15 pm

    I love this and how you used different colors of blue to write in Sara.

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  8. Susan Anderson says:
    August 13, 2016 at 8:57 pm

    I like the way you build this poem, from verse to verse. So many shades of blue.

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  9. Grace says:
    August 15, 2016 at 11:51 pm

    I love the shades of blue Sara!

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