dVerse Poets – Poetics – Black
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“The colour of truth is gray.” Andre Gide
Grief is incontrovertible in black,
and depression, I’m told,
barks all night
and absorbs light in the day,
while white as light
is Jekyll and Hyde
in the woods,
no telling the deception,
but grey,
now there’s a venerable colour
that speaks truth.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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Love this – particularly that depression “barks all night”. Grey is a good compromise.
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I live happily in grey, for me it is liberating, thank you VJ.
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You’re welcome, and I agree.
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I guess it’s always in the middle, but black and white are so much easier to see
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Well, in some ways it’s sometimes on the edge, especially with ethics and philosophy, which is where I’m happiest really. Thank you Cheryl.
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I do try to see the world in grey! A very nice poem.
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Thank you so much, yes, I think it’s the best way.
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Well said Paul! In poetry what lies between the lines has more clarity. Explains why poets are regarded as radicals!
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Thank you so much Dawn, yes indeed.
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You’re welcome!
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I like the thought at the end of gray speaking truth.
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Yes, I kind of expect it these days. Thank you Frank
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Yin and yang spin, where grey is all there is. It is the way of things. Where is can be troubling is when there is no wrong or right answer, as it can lead to inertia and/or indecision.
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Yes, some do have that inertia, it can be so debilitating.
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Most of the time I live in gray – I’m neither happy nor heavily depressed.
Nevertheless, this gray damages the quality of life.
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For me it is more about living the questions of life which are never black or white.
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Ah, I see.
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Yes, that middle ground can be tricky though.
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In youth black and white are so apparent. It’s with the weight of years we encounter gray.
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Yes, hence the reference to the elders as grey ones, that sage like part of our lives. Well, for some. Thank you Beverly
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I like and relate to the color grey. Well let’s say a light grey 😉
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We can definitely agree 😀
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Many thanks Charles 😀
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Always a pleasure!!
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Very exposed truths. Well written too!❤️
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Thank you so much for those encouraging words 😀
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Wonderful! 😉
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Thank you Michael 🙂
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🙂🙂
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very nice
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Many thanks for that.
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