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Blue Rider by Elana Wolff

By League of Canadian Poets | July 18, 2022

Poet name: Blue Rider Poem name: Elana Wolff Poem: Violet—almost violent in the way that scared is close to sacred, marital like martial, hound like wound: Who will refute? Not the blue in violet, it’s a gentian- petal hue. Not the morning glory blue, the ever-vibrant hyacinth. Not the absolute pure Himalayan Poppy blue. And not the inorganic Yin Min new commercial tint. (Not the “l” in soldered either. It’s silent.) I want the long lassoing line of August when it’s glossy, glinting on my lip like beads of heat on the head of a horse. I rode a blue-eyed Appaloosa—steed—he nearly heaved me, when all I did was stroke his poll and whisper loving nothings into his sweat. End of poem. Credits and bio: Copyright © Elana Wolff Previously published in SHAPE TAKING (Ekstasis Editions, 2021). Elana Wolff lives and works in Thornhill, Ontario. Her poems and creative nonfiction pieces have been widely published in Canada and internationally; most recently in Arc Poetry Magazine online (Awards of Awesomeness), Best Canadian Poetry 2021, Canadian Literature (forthcoming), The Dalhousie Review, Grain Magazine, The Maynard, The Pi Review, Sepia, Vallum, Verse-Virtual, and White Wall Review (forthcoming). Her collection, SHAPE TAKING, is newly released with Ekstasis Editions.

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