Today I felt a little blue

and so I hunted for more blue

This guy was bluer than me

Some faraway blues

Some blue to stay warm in the cold

Some blue full of riches

And blue signs

And blue dresses dancing

And blue dreams that cost a dollar

A blue treasure chest
A blue chariot with a blue driver

Little Boy Blue

A blue basket

and bags and bags of blue

Blue treatments

for blue problems

Blue tiles

Blueberries

A heavy blue load

I am refreshed by blue

Blue, how I love you, blue

Blue fish

Blue who makes the old things new

Blue to buy time

And the underground blue

The bowerbird knows how to beautify her nest.

How to spot blue magic

Blue behind glass

Blue rainbows

The blue nobody uses anymore

Blue doors

Upon blue doors

A blue ride

To a blue staircase

There is blue in every corner

It makes me smile, almost

To find it where no one is looking.

Emily Raboteau is the author of The Professor's Daughter and Searching for Zion, winner of a 2014 American Book Award and a finalist for the Hurston Wright Award. She is currently Distinguished Faculty in the CUNY Graduate Center's Advanced Research Collaborative, where she's completing her third book.