{"id":25934,"date":"2014-07-08T06:30:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T18:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=25934"},"modified":"2014-07-06T18:50:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T06:50:49","slug":"the-tuesday-poem-refeaturing-catherine-fitchetts-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2014\/07\/08\/the-tuesday-poem-refeaturing-catherine-fitchetts-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tuesday Poem: Refeaturing Catherine Fitchett’s “Blue”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blue<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the first week
\nthe sea is the dark blue of the mountains
\nbetween the blooming heather and the first snowfall.<\/p>\n

In the second week
\nthe sea is the greyish blue of her Sunday best sateen
\nwhich she wore when they first met.<\/p>\n

In the fifth week
\nthere are storms. White waves crash on the deck.
\nThrough her porthole she sees a sea as green-blue as his eyes
\nthat caught her gaze when he asked for her hand in marriage.<\/p>\n

In the eighth week
\nher child sickens.
\nthey are becalmed in the turquoise blue of the bracelet
\non her sister\u2019s arm, waving at the dockside.<\/p>\n

In the ninth week
\nthe days grow shorter. At twilight
\nthe sea is the inky blue of the words in her diary,
\nrecording births, deaths and distance travelled.<\/p>\n

In the last week
\nthey bury her child. The ship is enclosed by sea and sky
\nthe blue of the eggshell she found on the path to the byre.
\nNearby an unfledged chick with staring eyes,
\ncovered in flies.<\/p>\n

The next week she unpacks seeds brought from home,
\nplants cabbages and carrots,
\nmarigolds, poppies and nasturtiums.
\nThe cornflower seed, she sets aside.
\nIn summer the garden is aflame
\nwith red, orange and yellow
\nbut no blue
\nnot any scrap of blue.<\/p>\n

(c) Catherine Fitchett<\/p>\n

Published in Flap<\/em>: The Chook Book 2<\/em>, (The Hen House) 2010<\/p>\n

Reproduced on my blog with permission<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

Fellow Cantabrian and Tuesday Poet, Catherine Fitchett, is the next up in my re-feature series. To read my commentary and Catherine’s bio, check out the original feature from Tuesday November 30, 2010:<\/p>\n

“Blue” by Catherine Fitchett<\/a><\/h3>\n

You can also visit Catherine on her blog:<\/p>\n

Still standing on her head<\/a><\/h3>\n

—<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>To check out the featured poem on the Tuesday Poem Hub<\/strong> and other great poems from fellow Tuesday poets from around the world, click here<\/strong><\/a> or on the Quill<\/strong> icon <\/strong>in the sidebar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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