It is a day for the eye of Monet:
In the subtlest hues of blue,
a melody of ocean and sky
wraps the California coast.
The sky is a singular blue wash…
that translucent clarity sometimes found
in watercolor landscape paintings.
A mixed blue palette of ocean
spills for miles tantalizing the eyes
from the horizon to the surprise on the shore:
Prussian blue, a shiver of cold
unrelenting, fathoms of darkness
threatens at the edge of sky…
Undulating midway,
Violet and cobalt blue
unravel in ribbons, swirl into pools…
Sliding over the coastal shelf
A deep turquoise, more blue than green,
A hue more Mediterranean than Pacific.
The rising perfect curl of wave
Catching the w0estern sun
Glows in palest aqua, almost light jade
Then spills onto the shore
Foaming rich with undertones
Of periwinkle and lavender.
It is a day for the eye of Monet,
A phantasm of blue:
Ocean and sky in a gentle sarabande.
#SeaPoetry #PacificOcean
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