Sunday, December 28, 2025

Colored Silk by Julie A. Dickson

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Colored Silk


Shreds of colored silk fly

As birds streaking on magic wings

Images of red and blue

Dance across my eyes.

Where is my solace

But in colorful sky

Peaceful in the rose of sunset,

Faded blues in white expanse.

I gaze off into daylight

Eyes centered on cloud filled sky

Dreaming of tomorrows

When colors might be


© Julie A. Dickson


Julie A. Dickson

Julie A. Dickson has been a poet for over 55 years and a YA fiction writer. She draws from memories, life experiences, nature, and visual art. Her work has been widely published in many journals, including Kind of a Hurricane Press, Lothlorien, Ekphrastic Review, Feed the Holy, and MasticadoresUSA. Dickson shares her home with two rescued feral cats, Cam and Jojo.




1 comment:

  1. I love how you compare silk (a scarf, perhaps?) to the sky.

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