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The Definition of Blue

September 8, 2009
By arElana PLATINUM, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
arElana PLATINUM, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
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Soaring through the air
Like I can touch the sky
Happiness is blue

Looking at myself
With tears in my eyes
Sadness is blue

Rolling crashing waves of the sea
In their eternal dance
Movement is blue

The sky without a cloud
Without a bird without a sound
Stillness is blue

The splitting of the sea
The change at sunset
Dark from light
Miracles are blue



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on Feb. 5 2010 at 1:54 pm
beautifuldownfall, Kkk, Iowa
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I agree. This was great, though! I don't know why it didn't make the mag!

on Feb. 4 2010 at 8:48 pm
This was great! My favorite stanza of was the third one; it's so easy to put an emotion to a color but I never really thought of blue being movement, and how you said that the rolling crashing waves of the see were in an eternal dance, it was, well, poetic. :)

on Jan. 14 2010 at 11:51 am
greygardens SILVER, Lombard, Illinois
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this is REALLY GOOD!!! I love this poem! I hope you get in the mag :) keep writing!

on Jan. 13 2010 at 5:24 pm
biggerinfinities SILVER, Superior, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

really? who knew? not me!!!! =}

on Jan. 11 2010 at 8:40 pm
arElana PLATINUM, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
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Thanks. But some of the stuff I just submitted as a joke. I don't know how they got in.

on Jan. 9 2010 at 10:56 am
michaeljacksonlover SILVER, St.Louis, Missouri
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this is cool...its different than your first one but still amazing!

on Jan. 8 2010 at 5:40 pm
NorthernWriter, Fargo, North Dakota
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Favorite Quote:
"Only dead fish swim with the stream"

the title is brilliant. if i were you, i would include different shades of blue in the poem, like turquoise, azul, etc...idk, whatever you like, but this poem makes me feel like soaring. :) good job!

on Jan. 8 2010 at 5:16 pm
biggerinfinities SILVER, Superior, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Good heavens, that was brilliant! im goint to read all of your stuff!!!! MAGNIFICENT I SAY, MAGNIFICENT!

Lostinbooks said...
on Oct. 25 2009 at 10:57 pm
Lostinbooks, Arcadia, California
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I really really like the title.

on Oct. 24 2009 at 11:51 am
MeganAnne PLATINUM, Niskayuna, New York
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Favorite Quote:
All my life I've looked at words as if I were seeing them for the first time. ~Ernest Hemingway

Poetry is your forte!

Keep it up!

Saysh PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 23 2009 at 12:53 pm
Saysh PLATINUM, Brentwood, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." ~E.L. Doctorow

Awesome! I really liked it! keep writing!