so very sublime
so ever beautifully blue.
There's skies
flies
blueberry pies
Blue Ridge Mountains
oceans
sighs
true blue soldiers
lonesome blues
wild yonders we go off into
bluebirds of happiness
blue moons
sapphires
dogs
shadows
tunes
bluets like baby eyes
lost love
soft lights
bluegrass music
summer nights.
I put my new jeans in with the reds
now everything's purple instead.
By Karen Schirmer
Explication
I really liked this poem because of the large amount of imagery the author managed to put into it. The words and phrases that were chosen to be put into this list poem appeal mainly to the sense of sight but it still gives the reader a good understanding of how the poet feels about the colour blue. Another interesting point is that some of the items in the list (such as: dogs, shadows, lost love, sighs, etc.) are not necessarily directly related to the colour blue, but instead appeal to the senses of the reader and help to enhance the mental picture the reader paints in his or her head while reading this poem. Rhyming is used in this poem though it is unclear whether there is any certain rhyme scheme present. There are not many poetic devices used in this poem although the poet uses repetition of the word "so" in the first three lines as well as a simile in line 19 (bluets like baby eyes). I found the last two lines to be the most interesting as they introduce new colours into the poem and, by doing so, change the mental image of a world of blue into a more diverse and less monotaneous vision. I believe that the end of this poem alludes to the creation of a new poem, that has the theme of "purple".
