Poetry Corner: “Blue, My Mind” By Susan Abbott

Blue, my mind
the color of clear sky
and of its nature to fly
Blue, my mind
in the watery deep
in a dream of peaceful sleep
Blue, my mind
to grapple with the sad
in prisons, with the mad
Blue, my mind
in all its shades I live
a love in its all conditional give
Blue, my mind
the darkest mystical night
how stars in indigo disperse their light
Blue, my mind
out under the bluest moon
the wisps of wind, the call of loon
Blue, my mind
to the body’s blood
the river runs yet does not flood
Because joy comes at the thought of you
because it is fine and bold and true
my mind always comes back to you.

Susan Abbott is a poet/artist whose newest creative work takes place perched from a hillside in Joshua Tree. Her book of original poetry and art, “The Everyday Holy of We” was published by Cholla Needles in 2022. Her poetry has appeared in Cholla Needles, When Women Awake, Feckless Cunt: A Feminist Anthology (World Split Open Press, 2018), and Touching Creatures Touching Spirit: Living in a Sentient World by Judy Grahn (Red Hen Press, 2021).

An eclectic watercolor and mixed media artist, Susan has exhibited her art in various Morongo Basin venues over the past decade including participation in the Hwy 62 Open Studio Art Tours, the Joshua Tree Public Library, The Beatnik Lounge, the Joshua Tree Astronomy Arts Theater, and the Art Queen Gallery. She can be found on Instagram @smtabbott.

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Art: Susan Abbot