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
