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It’s Never Just Black and White

Grey is a shape
a mood
to sleep
to dream
a blank canvas
a precursor to black
the colour of hope
pressure-washed 
motes in light
a eunuch’s cloak
a mushroom hunt
morels and caps
is gray for some 
is a cloud
a vapour
a spirit
a far-flung hill
is never just black and white.

 

for dVerse “Lists Using Google Search”   ©️ Misky 2020 Image Flickr Commons CC:00

 

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14 responses to “Dverse Lists”

  1. Lucy avatar
    Lucy

    Beautifully said.

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  2. Dora avatar
    Dora

    Wow! I’m swept away by the contrasts and the enigmatic imagery that somehow between them get at “gray” — Simply brilliant, Misky. Especially this: the colour of hope/pressure-washed/motes in light” – You use the tangible to describe the intangible in such a vibrant way.

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  3. robtkistner avatar
    robtkistner

    I loved this Misky! I am a day late getting around to reading everyone’s work. Really glad I got to read yours, really enjoyable. And you’re right and you are right you are right, life is never just black-and-white. There are so many beautiful and wonderful shades. We all need to appreciate each one of them. BTW I love hunting mushrooms, or I used to when I could walk well, in my fingers weren’t so arthritic. Oh well life goes on. Nice work here, Well written.

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  4. rivrvlogr avatar
    rivrvlogr

    Like so much of life. Well done.

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  5. -Eugenia avatar
    -Eugenia

    Wow! This is so true to life! Superbly written.

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  6. Grace avatar
    Grace

    I love this list, all the various ways of defining grey.

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  7. Helen Dehner avatar
    Helen Dehner

    Shades of grey have always fascinated me … especially when it comes to design. Your lovely poem brings it home!

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  8. areadingwriter avatar
    areadingwriter

    oooooooh. the descriptions in this list are profound. make one think and reflect. powerful.

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  9. msjadeli avatar
    msjadeli

    You did grey justice here. The relativity of things says all is grey.

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  10. rothpoetry avatar
    rothpoetry

    You really found quite a grand list! Perhaps here is more gray in the world than black or white!??

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  11. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) avatar
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    That last line says so much… the world needs a little more grey in my opinion.

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  12. lillian avatar
    lillian

    Love the changing mood in this…the list shifts just as the color grey has a myriad of shadings between white and black. These words especially resonated with me:
    “s gray for some
    is a cloud
    a vapour
    a spirit
    a far-flung hill
    is never just black and white.”

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      lillian

      PS: LOVE the image you chose!

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  13. sanaarizvi avatar
    sanaarizvi

    I am literally swooning right now 😀 especially love; “the colour of hope/pressure-washed/motes in light.”

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