The Blue Thread
Blue is a primary color,
it is the root of all the others.
It is the blue thread apart from the others
on the tallit, the shawl, the string
amidst the fringes, the string
that bestows nobility on the Jew.
Entranced as he chants, the Jew
feels the blessing of his tradition,
The Book, the language, a tradition
that teaches Tikun Olam--to repair
the world, to reach out, heal, repair
whatever it means to help others.
Janet Krauss enjoyed teaching English at St. Basil Seminary for 29 years and Fairfield University for 39 years. She continues to mentor students. lead a poetry discussion at the Wilton Library, participate in the CT. Poetry Society Workshop and other poetry groups. She is the Poetry Program Director of the Black Rock Guild. She has 2 books of poetry: Borrowed Scenery (Yuganta Press) and Through the Trees of Autumn (Spartina Press). She is a widely published poet and many of her poems have been published in Amethyst Review and her haiku in Cold Moon Journal.
Amethyst Review 