Gray Is a Color, Too

by Andrew Hanson

by Andrew Hanson
Submitted April 30, 2014

Recently, the Adventist Review ran a poetry contest, judging three categories: hymns, rhyming poetry, and free verse. Our own Andrew Hanson won third prize in the Free Verse category! The Review published twelve winners in a special issue, available in its entirety here: https://www.adventistreview.org/9141512 Below is Andy’s winning poem, with Adventist Today’s heartfelt congratulations!

Gray is a Color, Too

Heavenly Father,

On this blustery, rainy, winter morning
Remind us that gray is a color, too
Of dawn
            Squirrels
                        Clouds that bring needed rain
                                    The breasts of doves
            The fur of kittens
                                                Rail fences along country roads
                        Smoke from chimneys
                                                            A favorite coat

Remind us that gray is the color, too
                        Of wisdom
                                    Reflection
            Life’s mysteries
                                                Difficult choices

Father of us all, help us to remember that gray is a color, too
                            as we face our individual winters of the soul
Times when the warming sunshine of your love
             does not penetrate our clouds.

                                                Amen

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Comments: 2

Debbonnaire Kovacs
30 April 2014 at 4:08 pm

Sorry, I couldn't quite get it to accept all the line spacing formats exactly, and lines are part of the art of poetry, so if you want to see it as it should be (and illustrated) click the link!
Congrats, Andy!
Anonymous
30 April 2014 at 5:14 pm

Excellent. Congrats to Andy!

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