Blues

I took this picture of the sky this morning…

… and realized it was a good day to share a poem with you.

I wrote “Blues” several years ago, but it just recently found a home. The short poem won first place in the “Makes Sense to Me” prize in the Poetry Society of Texas’s annual poetry contests and was published in their A Book of the Year for 2024.

Blues

the sky was blues tonight 
not just one but all of them 
as if the rainbow were made of shades of cerulean
as if the rain clouds were weighted with blueberries
as if twilight grew from the seeds of cornflowers
as if all the worries of every person 
who's ever owned a pair of jeans 
floated up into the heavens 
and hovered over the horizon 
holding lanterns to the stars 
which were made of sapphires

© Carie Juettner

Thank you for reading! Now go outside and look at the sky for a few minutes. 💙