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Today I would like you to consider grey as a subject for your haibun.
Grey can be everything between black and white, all the possibilities of compromise and harmony. Solution
Grey is also absence of color an absence of joy. Fifty shades of misery
Grey is winter, whiteout, mist and rain. It could be the swelling of the sea. Maybe you recall a moment sitting by a lake an overshadowed day in February.
Grey is ink-wash, old pewter and the haircolor of old age, it’s gneiss and granite.
Grey can be the promise of soil to seed.
As you see grey can be a lot of things, and today I would like you to bring grey into a personal (non-fictional) piece of prose. Add to that a haiku (with season and nature). Please try to limit your prose to no more than 200 words.
When you have written your haibun, please link up below, read and comment and have fun. The prompt is open the whole week so remember to return, read and comment many times.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Hello, give me your best grey… It fits so well with the winter we have today.
kim881 said:
Hello Bjorn! It just so happens I am wearing grey today, and the weather was grey too!
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
I do like grey… somehow it’s restful
kanzensakura said:
They is beautiful. Today it is misty. Lovely prompt.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Glad you think so… somehow mist can turn your thoughts to other things… it can be so restful
kanzensakura said:
Yes and actually, it can be exciting as well.
kanzensakura said:
Grey. I cannot control my tablet spell check sometimes.
erbiage said:
gray can be easy on the eyes, yet walking around my property, then coming in and looking out the window, the gray makes it hard to remember how good today is
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Maybe grey is what we project on it… any possibility
Vivian Zems said:
Hi Björn! A good prompt. I think I gAve it my best gray. Looking forward to reading the other offerings.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Glad you liked the prompt
sarahsouthwest said:
Usually I try to do a reframe on the prompt, come at it from an unexpected angle, but today has been greyer than grey.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
There are those days… but maybe it’s a good day to reflect.
Frank Hubeny said:
I love the winter colors. Thanks for hosting, Bjorn!
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
There is a softness of winter that can be quite restful
Jane Swanson said:
Had trouble posting today cuz I never know what day it is and in this case what month it is.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Monday is the greyest day and February is the greyest montg
Charmed Chaos said:
Great prompt- thank you Bjorn.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Thank you
Mish said:
It’s VERY grey here today….rainy and drab….but I do find grey to be comforting, a place to retreat from extremes. A very interesting topic for the haibun and I’ve always liked “Live”. That was a treat. 🙂
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
February is grey
Margaret Elizabeth Bednar said:
He’s been on my mind of late…
Frank J. Tassone said:
Evening, Poets! Thanks, Bjorn, for this intriguing prompt. Company and computer problems kept me from posting today. I hope to catch up tomorrow. By the way, can anyone recommend a particular model of laptop—one good for web browsing and MS Office productivity, mainly? 😀
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
I recently bought a Lenovo seemed to be best value for money
rosemawrites said:
Opted for something sweet to paint the grey red! 😉 Thank you for this!
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
That’s one good thing with grey – it’s good to color
rosemawrites said:
I cannot agree more!
peterfrankiswrites said:
Hi Bjorn, thanks for the prompt – look forward to reading everyone’s responses. Here, (east coast Australia) we had the first grey morning in ages, so that helped.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
So fall is coming slowly for you?
peterfrankiswrites said:
It’s in the morning air and the leaves are just losing their gloss, but the ocean is still 22 degrees 🙂
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
I will soon head off for office and will try to sneak in a bit of reading.. I will be back tonight anyway
equipoise17 said:
Charming prompt,,,lots to think about..this would be my maiden post..cheers
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Welcome to dVerse
equipoise17 said:
cheers..just posted
Janice said:
Good morning…happy to join in.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Happy to have you
memadtwo said:
Very appropriate prompt for the state of the world.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Indeed… it can be… but grey might be better than black
memadtwo said:
That’s true. Although somehow grey seems more in need of aid and comfort.
Frank J. Tassone said:
Finally posting. And on my wife’s old laptop, slightly ahead of the curve of obsolescence! 🙂
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Ha… sometimes we have to take desperate measures… glad it worked.
Frank J. Tassone said:
Indeed, Bjorn. So far, so good. My newly ordered Acer may arrive tomorrow. 🙂
merrildsmith said:
I’m finally getting mine up, too. Wonderful prompt. It was grey, foggy morning here, but I went for a summer memory. 🙂
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
I think when it’s grayest… we see the colorful memories best.
merrildsmith said:
That may be true.
D. Avery @shiftnshake said:
Hi. Thanks for the colorful prompt. I’m in. (First ever haibun, spellcheck wants to make it a habit)
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Maybe from now you will get into a haibun habit.
lynn__ said:
Exactly one week from recent school shooting, I find words to process the societal chaos…prompted by “grey”.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
I find grey can mean so much… maybe it’s because it represents some kind of emptiness you can fill with anything…