One poem by Neil Ellman

The Meaning of Blue

What if a blue whale

were not really blue

and a blue jay

blue only by refracted light—

why, then, would I believe

in red or green

or the color of your soul?

Neil Ellman lives and writes in New Jersey, USA.  His poetry appears in numerous print and online journals throughout the world, from Australia to Zimbabwe.  Among them are Alba, Anastomoo, Bolts of Silk, The Camel Saloon, Indigo Rising, Phantom Kangaroo and Yes, Poetry.

The latest of his eight chapbooks is Convergence & Conversion: Ekphrastic Poems from The Knives Forks and Spoons Press.