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grey is the color of limbo
sifting our lives on scales
where sand has no meaning

grey is the color of sin
left out in the snow
too long to know its shape

grey folds itself into
origami cranes of death
peace its only equivalent currency

can we wait for the sun to rise again
its light, a mitigation
a blurring of color

copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2017

Posted for Poets United Pantry and for dVerse OLN


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  1. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2017 at 3:58 PM

    Or have we gotten used to grey? Well written reflection

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  2. Wendy BourkeFebruary 3, 2017 at 7:07 PM

    This is an incredible piece - the last stanza: so layered and nuanced and loaded, it almost compels you to roll it around for a time - perhaps in a quest for the answer. Another awesome write, Audrey!

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  3. kaykualaFebruary 5, 2017 at 5:52 AM

    can we wait for the sun to rise again
    its light, a mitigation a blurring of color

    Giving in on an opportunity, for it to recover with the help of an underlying power! It will only seem fair!

    Hank

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  4. ayalaFebruary 5, 2017 at 12:32 PM

    lovely write!

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  5. Sherry Blue SkyFebruary 5, 2017 at 12:55 PM

    I especially like the folding in of itself into origami cranes. Fantastic imagery.

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  6. JulianFebruary 5, 2017 at 1:22 PM

    I like your poem, how you've worked grey through to colour. Clever.

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  7. C.C.February 5, 2017 at 1:34 PM

    I have never heard grey described so exquisitely!!

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  8. indybevFebruary 5, 2017 at 1:42 PM

    Only in youth are things just black and white. Only with age do we come to know gray. Lovely write!

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  9. RasmaSandraFebruary 5, 2017 at 2:24 PM

    Wonderfully written. The world seems to have faded to shades of gray.

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  10. colleenFebruary 5, 2017 at 6:41 PM

    Ah, a little dark within light and a little light within dark=gray. I just read another poem with a line about a porpoise sky.

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  11. MaryFebruary 5, 2017 at 7:12 PM

    Ah, I feel as if we are in a grey time right now...waiting for the light to get through.

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2017 at 4:41 AM

    And solemn and grey is the tone of this verse too. I like how it is layered and the progression from one image to another is exactly how it should be done.
    Beautifully penned. :-)

    -HA

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  13. Kerry O'ConnorFebruary 6, 2017 at 8:11 AM

    There is so much to bring us down in the world. Let us all hope for brighter colours.

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  14. Rosemary Nissen-WadeFebruary 7, 2017 at 5:08 AM

    Perhaps, even before sunrise, we can find a light, one we turn on ourselves?

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  15. Jennifer WagnerFebruary 7, 2017 at 8:20 AM

    Your focus in grey is just stunning!

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  16. GraceFebruary 7, 2017 at 7:17 PM

    Love the gray color, and the turn in the last stanza is outstanding Audrey ~

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    1. GraceFebruary 9, 2017 at 5:16 PM

      I love this poem even on second reading....wow ~

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  17. indybevFebruary 9, 2017 at 5:45 PM

    Great read!

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  18. ✿February 9, 2017 at 6:12 PM

    Stunning.

    I especially like the opening line and the second stanza.

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  19. UnknownFebruary 9, 2017 at 7:11 PM

    "Grey is the color of limbo sifting our lives on scales".
    I like the imagery of this line. I love the last stanza also...

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  20. brudbergFebruary 9, 2017 at 9:25 PM

    This is an amazing piece, and though I sometimes think we should appreciate grey I do see the difficulty coping with ambiguity

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  21. Frank HubenyFebruary 9, 2017 at 10:12 PM

    I suppose grey can be depressing.

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  22. Sanaa RizviFebruary 10, 2017 at 3:40 AM

    grey folds itself into
    origami cranes of death
    peace its only equivalent currency

    Beautifully deep!!

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  23. grapelingFebruary 10, 2017 at 9:39 PM

    can we wait? ~

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  24. Susie ClevengerFebruary 15, 2017 at 9:36 PM

    My journey through gray is on the wheels of questions. I once lived on absolutes, but I found the terrain unfriendly.

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  25. Angela KayFebruary 17, 2017 at 4:05 AM

    Stunning imagery.

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  26. annell4February 19, 2017 at 12:01 PM

    Love all that you say about "gray." Beautiful shades of gray.

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  27. Sok SarethAugust 2, 2017 at 6:16 PM

    Love the gray color, and the turn in the last stanza is outstanding Audrey ~

    ตารางคะแนน

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