Terry Flood Poet Rhyme

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Contest: Imagine you're a color

Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich

Written: 16 August 2025

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I Am Gray

I may be no primary colour
The trendy say I’ve had my day
But I shall be no shrinking violet
I stand tall and proud… for I’m GRAY!

I’m never seen gracing a pizza
Or the tail of a visiting comet
I’m not in the arc of a rainbow
Nor the colours that emanate from it

I’m in every shadow, for that is my way
My night is my day, because I am GRAY!

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Rachel Treacher April 8, 2026 at 12:09 AM Gosh this is so lovely and poignant. I want to remind grey that it was the colour of the nobility at one point in history, and used by Rembrandt as a base to hold gold and skin tones. Grey so often feels undervalued and overlooked but it is just soooo vast, spanning the gap between light and dark.

Paula Goldsmith August 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM Congratulations on your "I Am Gray" write. I enjoyed reading your colorful write. I know I wrote on this but I do not see it here. Have a very colorful day with your win as you go writing away.........

Line Gauthier August 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM Well done, Terry. Very clever way to weave in colourful imagery ~

Kim Rodrigues August 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM Unique: But I shall be no shrinking violet I stand tall and proud… for I’m GRAY… Congrats!

Anne-Lise Andresen August 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM - Congratulations on your win in the contest, Terry ... I was sure I had read your entry ... - "Gray can symbolize neutral objectivity and wisdom" - hugs

Terry Miller August 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM This is funny, I did Gray too, congratulations

Andrea Dietrich August 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM Love the humorous slant to your gray. Gray..t Job and congrats

Gershon Wolf August 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM And proud of it, I see... Gonna join the 'Gray Panthers?' Keep on truckin,' Terry.

Deb M August 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM Hehe so cleverly funny Terry ....made me smile from beginning to end! Debx

sara Etgen-Baker August 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM excellent, Terry! Crafty and a tad humorous. Best wishes with the contest, Sara Terry Flood August 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM Thanks, Sara. I wrote another poem about the color Puce, only to discover that puce is not the sickly color I thought it was. You live and learn! Glad you enjoyed. Terry