
"A Reflection on Blue
Blue is the color of my
Mums nail polish today
For a party trick
She said.
Blue is the sea
But not always
It’s only the reflection of the sky
And the refraction of blue light
From the sun which is a
White ball of light containing each of the colors
Some of which
Are absorbed, including the color red
And also the sea contains particles of dirt and
Plants and animals, dead and alive,
Which make it look a bit
Blue.
Blue is the Blue Mountains
Which my brother,
Anthony,
Can see from
His window
If he stands on his drum kit.
Blue is the way my friend
Toby
Sometimes feels
Because
Other kids
Call
Him
Fat
Even though he's not
Really, not very,
And I said
"Toby,
You're not
that fat, you're
Just
A
Little
Bit
Plump"
And I
Bought him
A blue
Chupa Chup.
To cheer
Him up.
Blue is the name of my Auntie's Veronica's dog:
Blue.
Blue likes it
If you throw him an ice cube
He crunches it
He likes to fetch
A blue rubber ball
But he won’t give it back
He offers it to you
And you try to pull it out of his mouth
And he holds it with his teeth!
But blue got sick
And he threw up a bit
On the laundry floor
And the vet said,
"There’s nothing we can do
For blue"
And he died,
Just yesterday,
And this
Poem
Is a
Special Gift for
Auntie Veronica
In memory of her dog:
Blue.
-Bindy Mackenzie