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Colour 309 U

As we sat

over coffee

she said

                she liked

                the blue

                of the wall

 

I could see a shade of green

                in the blue

 

The next table

                agreed blue

but

understood

me

                too.

 

We called it

Mermaid Blue

 

I wondered if that lady

                at the next table

saw the blue

like I do.

Perhaps

                for her

blue

is the colour

I see

in grass

                and her grass

which she has

always called

                green

looks a

Mermaid Blue

hue

 

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jennifer Malden

Mon 22nd Oct 2018 20:18

Lovely , Jennifer

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Don Matthews

Wed 17th Oct 2018 11:03

Now Chris and Kate you've me confused
'Bout which frequencies I have seen
Are they blue or they green or they reddish ?
Now so mixed up is my colour scene ?

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Chris Armstrong

Wed 17th Oct 2018 10:51

It's not so much about 309 U
As about perception
Do the same neurons fire for you
Or are you an exception!
We both call grass green and sky blue
- that's what we learned to do
But perhaps your brain sees green
And Kate G sees what I mean
As something I would call red
Instead!

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Taylor Crowshaw

Wed 17th Oct 2018 07:50

Lovely poem Chris...and an interesting subject..?

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Don Matthews

Wed 17th Oct 2018 04:13

Your poem Chris has got me hooked
An explanation I might have for you
About this strange blue/greenish mix
Which you call Mermaid Blue

Your title holds the key to this
Uranium 309
Recognised by scientists for
It's green and bluish shine ?

<Deleted User> (19913)

Tue 16th Oct 2018 23:55

I always wondered if others see colours differently to me. Lovely piece.

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