More blue(s) from a poet born in Alabama in 1953. It also appears that she is a kindred Bruin! The full text is here again: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/muse-drudge-why-these-blues-come-us.
from Muse & Drudge (why these blues come from us) / by Haryette Mullen
shadows pieced together tears and all
unfurling sheets of bluish music
Blue blues. The full text can be found at poets.org.
from Blue Dementia / by Yusef Komunyakaa
Am I passing another
Lucky Thompson or Marion Brown
Cornered by a blue dementia
More blue. From Ploughshares, Spring 2014.
from Ghost Lessons / by Sarah Rose Nordgren
… the tender ward
and inner structures bordered
by a bright blue membrane.
Maybe a blue theme for the week? Not sure if I can do it, but will try.
from Magpie’s Song / by Gary Snyder
“Here in the mind, brother
Turquoise blue.
One more sky. From Thrush Poetry Journal, May 2014. A beautiful poem chosen by Helen Vitoria, editor. Complete poem (and two others by Ms. Goodfellow) here:
http://www.thrushpoetryjournal.com/may-2014-jessica-goodfellow.html
from Hover / by Goodfellow
Hover, canopy, the endless falling snow a shroud
More clouds-sky. From Fairy Tale Review: The Emerald Issue, March 2014.
from Dorothy / by Lindsay Lusby
Be the green sky.
More clouds-sky. Love this! From Ploughshares, Spring 2014. More at:
http://www.pshares.org/
from House of Wigs / by Jonathan Wells
The sky was low. His head was a vase of
sorrows he wanted to fill with blossoms.
More clouds-wind-sky. From Fairy Tale Review: The Emerald Issue, March, 2014.
from White Snake, Green Snake / by Su-Yee Lin
A string of kites fly into the hazy sky, the sun a shrouded fiery marble.
From Gathering the Bones Together, 1975. More at:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/gregory-orr
from From That Moment / by Gregory Orr
From that moment he breathes more carefully,
like a man who has swallowed a cloud.
More clouds and sky from a fellow Ohioan. From Beltway Poetry Quarterly, http://washingtonart.com/beltway/plumly.html. More on Plumly at: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/stanley-plumly
from Constable’s Clouds for Keats / by Stanley Plumly
And you write them down in oils because of their
brilliance, and to remember, in its turn, each one.
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