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.