blue Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/blue/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Mon, 23 Dec 2019 21:20:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 blue Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/blue/ 32 32 135387410 An Elephantine Christmas https://elephantsnever.com/an-elephantine-christmas/ https://elephantsnever.com/an-elephantine-christmas/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2019 21:20:11 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=2432 by Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad For Thomas Thorpe In your collection of Christmas cardsthe Peruvian nativity scene stands outnewborn hope cocooned in a cradlethe snow flecked peaks of the Andesrejoicing in the saviour’s birth. you show me the layered papyrusof an Egyptian Christmas cardwhere denizens gaze upon a stara prayer of hope and peaceupon their parted lips. then you look up Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/an-elephantine-christmas/feed/ 0 2432 The Sky Is Also Blue https://elephantsnever.com/the-sky-is-also-blue/ https://elephantsnever.com/the-sky-is-also-blue/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:00:20 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1761 by Toni G. There’s a young lady in the corner, not so far from the dance floor, lost in the fantasy of what her first dance should be like and with whom. She waits with her head slightly bowed. Insecurity creates beads of sweat on her perfectly scrubbed and powdered skin. She looks down pretending to admire her new gown, Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/the-sky-is-also-blue/feed/ 0 1761 Cliché in Blue https://elephantsnever.com/cliche-in-blue/ https://elephantsnever.com/cliche-in-blue/#respond Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:38:28 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1452 by Juliette Sebock He hates cliché, so  it makes sense that we’re anything but.   No Romeo, no Juliet,  a rose is just a rose and the violets stay purple, never blue. Then again, neither are we— blue, that is.   How could I be blue when I’m standing with you?   As a matter of fact, I’m happy as a clam.   Your Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/cliche-in-blue/feed/ 0 1452 Blue Paint https://elephantsnever.com/blue-paint/ https://elephantsnever.com/blue-paint/#respond Sun, 15 Apr 2018 16:41:33 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=779 Elephants never resent, even when someone gets a little crazy with the blue paint. After all, the world yearns for more blue elephant stories.

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/blue-paint/feed/ 0 779 Resent https://elephantsnever.com/resent/ https://elephantsnever.com/resent/#respond Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:46:00 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=767 “Alright, I got one,” slurred Don from the head of the table, prompting eye rolls. “How do you shoot a blue elephant?” Edna’s trunk froze halfway to her mouth, salad tumbling onto the tablecloth. She looked down to see how much skin she had visible, and then immediately hated herself for doing so. “With a blue elephant gun!” chortled Don, Read More

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