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Friday, October 3, 2025

Singin' the Blues: A Thirteen-bar Alphabet

Azure 'n' Alice Blue, 
Baby 'n' Bice; 
Cornflower, Cobalt...
(Cerulean's nice). 
   Delft Blue 'n' Dodger Blue, 
blues play'd by Duke, 
plus blue is the hue of the 
blue whale's blue fluke. 
   Eton, Electric Blue, 
French 'n' Fluorescent. 
Glaucous, which acts as my  
antidepressant. 
   Haint, Honolulu, 
Havana Blue, nu...? 
Iris 'n' Indigo;
Jordy (the hue).  
   Klein Blue 'n' Lavender...
Midnight Blue, too. 
Navy 'n' Neon 'n' 
Non-photo Blue. 
   Oxford Blue, Prussian Blue, 
Persian 'n' Penn. 
(Stop! Have you heard enough...?
Simply say "When.")
   Process Blue, Powder Blue, 
Phthalo,  the pigment. 
Quacksalver's... Wait! THAT blue 
may be a figment. 
   Royal Blue, Robin's Egg Blue, 
Resolution. 
(Chalcanthite turns blue 
when dissolved in solution.) 
   Spanish Blue, Space Cadet, 
Silver Lake, Smalt. 
Sky Blue, Savoy, Sapphire... 
(What color's salt...?) 
   Teal Blue 'n' Turquoise 'n' 
Turin 'n' True. 
Thenard's Blue's aka Cobalt. 
(Who knew...?) 
   USAF Blue, 
UNESCO, UN. 
Uranian Blue...Wait! 
Did someone say "When"...? 
   Vista Blue. (W 
signals no blue --
no, nor neither does X, 
although Y 'n' Z do: 
   Yale Blue 'n' YinMn 'n' 
Zaffre Blue. Whew! 
(I forgot Lapis Lazuli. 
That's it: I'm through.)

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