Forever Blue

Think of the poetry

whispered mind

the inkwell is overflowing

with the azure lust of

memory lost moments

and the thought of the

blood, ink and pain

to come

like any good tattooist

scrawled indelibly

             behind eyelids

to be read on

haunted hunted nights

          instead of sleep

          forever blue

                         (spray)

Reviews

[Eilis]

Always like the ways you explore color in your poems. Color is a kind of subconscious thing, to my mind, so it creates these immediate, tangible associations in my imagination. Blue is, of course, a sort of melancholy color, but it’s also this calm, infinite space of a cloudless sky. That’s where my mind goes without effort.

So, poetry, maybe, itself is, or can be, like that. Duality. Meaning laden and an endless well, or also, maybe a space where we find ourselves faced with things that are painful and less subject to peaceful musing or emotional advancement.

Perhaps that dual ability is what keeps us keyed in, and also makes those haunted, hunted nights less terrifying. Great art comes from the darkest places sometimes. And in that darkness where the past and future clang up against one another, we find ourselves and poetry intertwined.

Beauty grows in even the most desolate of landscapes. And blue blooms in and out.

Love the formatting on this. I stared at that a bit before I even bothered with the words. Great poem, Gram.

[gram linski]

wow, thanks, Eilis, I am simple farmer poet, but what you say about colour is very true, the motive of emotion is encased within the spectrum, my only worry is that passion and horror are the same colour

[Chris Shaw]

Your poetic expression here gram is first rate. Really enjoyed this write. Hope you are well prepared for storm Dennis. On its way.

Chris

[gram linski]

Hey, Chris thanks, Just finished shuffeling the snaw fae storm Ciai, lol,

[Chris Shaw]

Well have a rest while ya can. No peace for the wicked:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

such great phrasing here.."azure lust"
"scrawled memory behind eyelids"
much poetry has that effect....it becomes tattooed on the reader's mind...
excellent write.
j.

[gram linski]

thanks as ever for reading, j. glad you enjoyed