Midnight.
The shade of blue
made for the haunting lilt
of the blues. Anguish lives
in every note and nuance,
a musical séance encrusted
with rusted memories
and melancholy dollies.
Swirling the ice in my empty
glass at the corner table
of this dingy hall, the music
calls my name, but no answer
is forthcoming. The scotch is numbing
my synapses, and when my memory
lapses, I’ll be singing midnight!
© Walter J. Wojtanik – 2016
Written for dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Breathing in Blue
THROUGH THE EYES OF A POET'S HEART 
midnight is the deepest shade of blue – the between time from where all shades of blue will be born again…thank you…bkm
You’re welcome, and thank you! Blue is my favorite color and midnight captures it rather well!
Love this, Walt. What a fetching melancholy tone this has.
Never in sadness, always melancholy if not at all! Great prompt, La-De!
Ache and loneliness punctuate each word of this piece. Wonderfully written.
I have this uncanny ability to put myself in any mood and write it. This was another one of those, Imelda! Thank you!
That’s a good ability for a writer to have. Do you know where I can get some? 🙂 🙂
If I find some extra floating around Imelda, but I’ll be sure to hold onto it for you! 🙂
I could smell stale beer and cigarettes and taste those blues…singing midnight! Great capture of mood.
Thanks, Victoria! All that’s missing is Francis Albert singing “Blues in the Night”!
Love that song. Think I have it on CD.
This read just like a blues song. Well done Walt.
Thanks Arcadia. It was what I was going for. Glad I was able to pull it off!
I love the musical blues and melancholy dollies Walt!
Thanks Grace!
I can’t take too much sad blues, but there’s something in the music that always draws me in. As a songwriter, especially playing guitar, 2 of my goals were to write a train song, and a real blues tune. I’ve done both, so on the lookout for new ones!
A musician is a special kind of poet, Crystal. It’s a whole different expression for sure. I play and compose on keyboards and I think that has contributed to me being a better poet! I have an added respect for your talents!
“…a musical séance encrusted with rusted memories…” LOVE this line! Wonderful response to the prompt….a bit of a different pub than I imagine dVerse to be 🙂 But perhaps some to sit on their stools, singin’ and writin’ the blues. Well done!
pour me a glass of Johnnie Walker Red fill it to the rim and chase those blues away..
the melancholy is between the brave blue lies is just tangible. ❤
That’s gorgeous, Walt! (In its bluesy way.)
Great combination of listening to the blues and feeling the blues at the same time
Wonderful, soulful use of blues.