Blue on a Blue Palette reflects on the condition of women--our joys despite our histories; our insistence on survival despite our miseries--through hope and disappointment, to self-realization and acceptance. From free verses to abecedarians to centos, these poems replicate the many ways women travel through the stages of their lives, the journeys and challenges negotiated on a palette encompassing various shades of blue. The poems in the collection also meditate on the condition of the planet as we navigate issues of race and culture, climate change, the impact of the pandemic, and the loss of landscape and species. The earth's seas constitute a dominant metaphor threading the collection's themes.
