b l u e

navy blue is a vast canvas dappled with stars.

turquoise is the silky feeling of warm air.

royal blue is a blustery bay dotted with sailboats.

periwinkle is a salty sea breeze in your face.

icy blue is the veil of frost on the windows in the wintertime.

cobalt is a reckless storm in the Atlantic.

indigo is the splash of a rock skipped across the water.

slate is the beginning of a puddle during a rainfall. 

cerulean is the calm of a summer sky. 

but in a more literal sense, 

blue1 /blōo/ : of a color intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day.
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Cecilia Luce

VT

18 years old

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  • Poetry

    By Cecilia Luce

    Extraordinary

    In an ordinary world, 
    full of ordinary people,
    how is it possible to be 
    extraordinary? 

    Civilians walk streets
    that are all too familiar,
    hardly making an effort 
    to battle apathy.

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  • Fiction

    By Cecilia Luce

    THE CURE FOR BOREDOM:

    first, add a teaspoon of sugar (because the opposite of boredom is fun, and what is fun if not sweet?)
    sprinkle it into a cauldron of sparkling water. 
    let it simmer—use your patience!—and once it starts to bubble, 

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  • Nonfiction

    By Cecilia Luce

    Vote!

    Our last presidential election was four years ago. I remember clearly what happened on the morning when the winner was announced. I was 10 years old, but I already knew how much was at stake.

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