Verbal Blues

What a sky!
A photo couldn't do it justice.
I wish I could paint it.
Perhaps a poem.
Yes, that's it
A poem would surely
do the trick.

So many hues
all of those blues!

How does one
put gradation into words?

It starts out sort of Cyan near the bottom
or is that Aquamarine?
I know it isn't Turquoise.

It starts out sort of Cyan near the bottom
and moves up through Sapphire.
At least I think it's Sapphire.
What do you call that color?
Isn't it Sapphire?

It starts out sort of Cyan near the bottom
and moves up through some kind of Sapphire.
Then it melds in to Princess, Columbia, and North Carolina,
Kitchen and Country and Robin's Egg too
(though I'm not sure which order),
and on to True Blue.

Oh WAIT
no, back up,
down below
because I just know
in my soul that
that's Sea Foam
that's seen
between the Cyan
and Aquamarine
I mean Sapphire
at least I THINK
that that's Sapphire.

It starts out sort of Cyan near the bottom

and moves up through Sea Foam

and on to Sapphire.

Then it melds in to Princess, Columbia, and North Carolina,

Kitchen and Country and Robin's Egg too

(though I'm not sure which order),

and on to True Blue.

Then deeper,

but a bit duller first

as planes leave the earth

into Dodger and Royals

and Gun Metal too

then Yankee and Navy and Police-uniform too

and finally deepest

at Midnight

up where the the celestial dome has it's apex

But all of this color

is somewhat transparent

like watercolor-

tempera or acrylic

never could do

a watercolor glaze

could let the under-painting

show through,

a vibrant

majestic

base coat of

Cobalt!

And on top

of these

on top

of these washes

and layers-

some opaque white clouds

No, no, no

they can't be so flat

a little variation will take care of that

Titanium White

and some Ivory and Bone

a little bit Platinum and a little bit Chrome

some Arctic and Cream

and the palest Pale Gray that you ever have seen.

Too beautiful for words,

ya know what I mean?