FOUR STANZAS OF GRAY
Night lamps sleep in the street
Tired from overseeing its quiet
Few stirrings of cobalt hours
Fade to dawn's delight of gray
Stay awhile the stormy hips
Of unseen slyphs urge on
So trees dance a wild dance
In gray hours of morning light
Not a coo from resident pigeons
Gray feathers hushed and folded
Song of raindrops fill the air
Let rainstorm voice her discord
Washed gray the empty street
Well that folks be dry indoors
Azure waits above hidden from
Treat of rainy morning's accord.
© gillena cox 2018
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Good Monday Friends. Wishing folks under Storm Florence a speedy pass over and hoping good weather returns quickly.
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You've heard about the Monday Blues ❧✿❧ well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance or practice eg the rite of afternoon tea). A Happy Monday to all
Welcome to Monday WRites #172, ❧✿❧ What's your mood like today ❧✿❧ I invite you to link in with one of your WRites
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I always look forward to your mosaics. It's relaxing to read your verses! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your appreciation Lavender
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A pretty poem -- but I don't think of grey in association with where you live! It is more the color of Oregon in the winter (when it rains and drizzles).
ReplyDeleteIt was sooooo gray this morning. The day started off very stormy. Thanks for dropping by Sallie
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Like Sallie said I wouldn't think your skies are ever grey but the grass is always greener as I well know from my recent experience with a cow! Thanks for sharing your verses with the MM crowd again this week.
ReplyDeleteHappy you dropped by Maggie
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Lovely words and images. I like a nice rain storm --- just not too often!
ReplyDeleteIndeed Snap, sure enough
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A happy Mosaic Monday - it’s a good Post, I enjoyed this poem so much!
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Happy you dropped by Erica
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It was great to hear you read this today. 💙Such lovely language and images here.
ReplyDeleteI love dawn, too. I was out walking and saw a beautiful sunrise today.
MERRIL Thanks for linking back to this first post of Four Stanzas of Grey
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ReplyDeleteFour Stanzas of Grey was read live at dVerse open link - 14 October 2021
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Also a voiced reading was posted 14 October 2021 see VERSES #854
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Delightful.Thanks for the magical gray images.
ReplyDeleteLovely rhyme and imagery, Gillena :-)
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