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Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

0 posted 2009-06-22 02:14 AM

i wash my feelings in blue
as old songs play at ten o’clock
while sadness sings solo

and i wrap up in a cocoon
of righteous self-indulgence
knowing i don’t wear blue well.

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Alison

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

1 posted 2009-06-22 03:53 AM

This is so good, Alison. I think you wear blue very well.
Ida

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2009-06-22 04:55 AM

You give me reason to ... hug you.

This is quite lovely and well expressed.

Love,
Margherita

Oklahoma Rose
Senior Member

since 2008-02-28

Posts 1586
Oklahoma USA

3 posted 2009-06-22 08:51 AM

When I read this, Alison, I thought of me. I've been there many times. It isn't a place I like to be. But, that darn music sure has a way of putting me there.

Chalmette Guy
Senior Member

since 2009-03-11

Posts 1257
Louisiana

4 posted 2009-06-22 09:01 AM

This brings me to a place I dwell in most of the time, within shades of blue.
I like that you took me there Ali.

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

5 posted 2009-06-22 10:19 AM

ms ali-san..mine would be washed in brew..or distilled..or rolled and toked...smile dammit!

Yoinn
Senior Member

since 2007-08-16

Posts 649
Michigan

6 posted 2009-06-22 10:45 AM

I like it.

I like the "s" sounds in this line

"while sadness sings solo"

yoin

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

7 posted 2009-06-22 11:10 AM

I love blue

Greeneyes

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-09-09

Posts 9903
In Your Poetic Mind

8 posted 2009-06-22 11:48 AM

really enjoyed this!

~~**~~
I never let one moment define me,
I define myself by all moments and how they teach and touch me......02

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

9 posted 2009-06-22 12:14 PM

Thank you, dear Ida.  I kind of like to think of myself as a red person, or greens like the water.

xooxxo
Alison

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Margherita,

Thank you so much.  Please drop in and hug away anytime.  I like hugs.

xoxoxo
Alison

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Sue,

The music can just draw us in, huh.  I shake it off pretty fast or change the station.  Or write a poem.  Thank you for reading and commenting.

xoxoox
Alison

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Of course, D, yours is washed in brew - but, at least, it's washed!  You stoke my smile well.

A

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Yoin,

Thank you a lot.  I appreciate you stopping in.

Alison

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Dixie,

Thank you, darlin'.

xoxoox
A

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Lauren,

Thank you for reading and understanding.

A

unboundpoetess
Member

since 2008-05-24

Posts 477

10 posted 2009-06-22 01:42 PM

Hey Alison

Come on over.
I'll bust out the lawn chairs.
We'll chat over some frosty girly drinks
sans radio...

Enjoyed this expression from you,
Heather

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

11 posted 2009-06-22 01:56 PM

Alison, I am sorry you are sad, but I am glad you transformed your sadness into such beauty for us (and you) to enjoy.

Owl

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

12 posted 2009-06-23 10:30 PM

Alison - liked your writing, it did leave an impression, and thoughts...

BC

A Romantic Heart
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-03

Posts 5496
Forever In Your Heart

13 posted 2009-06-23 10:41 PM

no one likes to wear blue...we never know what we are wearing when we get up that day,

hopefully you'll be wearing cherry red again soon....

~ARH

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

14 posted 2009-06-24 11:18 AM

Alison

ARCTIC WIND

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

15 posted 2009-06-24 12:49 PM

Yo dear Alison,

This reminds me of the "Blue Hole", a small pond in the town where my father was born and raised.

It was surrounded by a neighborhood of washerwomen, who used a lot of bluing in the laundry they did.

Nice poem too.

Love Bobby

rachaelfuchsberger

Senior Member

since 2007-02-21

Posts 609
Las Vegas, NV

16 posted 2009-06-24 02:57 PM

I don't wear blue well either, Z, but sometimes it's the only thing left to wear. Beautiful poem.

Arana Darkwolf

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

17 posted 2009-06-24 03:05 PM

Blue is my favorite color....so wear all you want 'cause you're on my favorites list too...

j.

brneyedgrly
Senior Member

since 2009-06-08

Posts 1125
nowhere and everywhere

18 posted 2009-06-24 07:26 PM

~A...

i don't wear it well, either...

maybe you, me and rachael up there can start a club!

: ) your poem is great

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

19 posted 2009-06-25 02:10 PM

Hmmm, I think of you as more of "a red person, or greens like the water." ~ lol I got that straight from your reply to Ida!

Yanno somethin' darlin', those kinda blue moments can be very grounding. I let the bluesy blues wash all over me and go with the flow.

Your poetry ALWAYS speaks to me!

Giving you an extra warm, loving hug,

Linda

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

20 posted 2009-06-27 08:55 PM

v. well written !

MUCH applause!!

Sonofgloin
Junior Member

since 2009-06-09

Posts 48
Australia

21 posted 2009-06-27 09:09 PM

Alison, old songs fill our hearts and and leave us empty...Paul.

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

22 posted 2009-06-27 09:43 PM

wonderful penning my lovely Ali-girl - just wonderful! sending some of my special RDB

just for you xx

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

TinaTrivett
Senior Member

since 2006-07-15

Posts 569

23 posted 2009-06-27 10:47 PM

I smiled when I read the title alone. I knew it would be beautiful...and as always from you, dear ali, it was.

viking_metal
Senior Member

since 2007-02-02

Posts 1337
In a Jeep, Minnesota.

24 posted 2009-06-28 12:30 PM

short, and sweet. so very sweet.

P

Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

25 posted 2009-09-21 12:00 PM

I think we must use the same laundry. *G* This is gorgeous melancholy, m'friend! *S*

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

26 posted 2009-09-22 02:17 AM

For some reason, I missed thanking a lot of people for taking the time to comment.  I am so sorry and will get to work now.

Heather,

Thank you, sweet friend.  I would love to have girly drinks with you - I am sure we'd get the giggles after one or two.

xoxoxo
Alison

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Diana,

Thank you - I am never down for long.  Sometimes I have to write it out of my system.  Thank you for caring.

xoxoxo
Alison

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BC

Thank you - as always, thank you.

A

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ARH,

Thank you for taking the time to cheer me up.  I did smile when I read your comment and am back to being cherry red.

xoxoxo
A

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Hugs to you, AW.

xoxoox
A

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Bobby,

Your comment made me smile ... I could see the washerwomen with their blue water.  Thank you, friend.

xoxoox
Alison

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Rachael,

Yep, sometimes blue is the only thing to wear.  You understand (smiles)

xoxoxo
Z

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jimmy,

I am just loving you to pieces!

Love,
Alison

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grins at brneyedgirly girl - I like clubs.  I make a motion that we start a club!

Love you,
A

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Linda,

Being blue is sometimes like letting water stream over your emotions.  It soothes them and cools them off.  At least, that's how it works for me.  I love you lots.

Alison

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Bruce,

Thank you.

xoxoxo
A

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RDB,

I caught that hug when you slung it my way and I have been hanging onto it ever since.

Thank you and I love you.

A

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Tina,

You make me smile ... I am a fan of your poetry too.  You are special to me here.

xoxox
A

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Paul,

Thank you.  I am short and kinda sweet.  Well, sorta sweet.  Okay, okay, sometimes sweet!

xoxoxo
A

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Ruth,

Do you use All too (isn't that the blue one) or is that Tide?  Oh I dunno - I guess we are kinda alike and that makes me happy.

xoxoxo
Alison

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