Color Wheel
written by: Mike Turner
@SchoonerSkipper
Summer’s blaze illuminates us
Azure vault and cotton clouds
Diamond flashes on cats-pawed wave
Slowly deepening
As Autumn’s hues arch overhead
Blazing crimsons, ripening oranges, shining golds
Then the paints begin to flake
Turning from soft vibrant linen
To crackling brown parchment
Leaving bare wooden frames
Where Nature’s canvas was recently stretched
And even as we enter solemn Winter
All gunmetal skies and ghostly flakes
We know that Spring will bring a new palette
The slow dabbing of a green leaf here
A yellow petal there
So that color will imbue our lives anew
Mike Turner
Mike Turner is a songwriter and poet living on the US Gulf Coast. Named 2017 Male Gospel Entertainer of the Year by the North America Country Music Associations International, Mike’s original songs have received airplay in the US, UK, Ireland, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and on the US Armed Forces Radio Network. He is co-founder of Music For World Peace Records, an indie record label specializing in original songs that promote world peace and oppose war. Mike’s poetry has been published in numerous print and on-line journals and anthologies; his first published poem was placed with Spillwords in 2019. Mike’s debut poetry collection, “Visions and Memories,” was published in July 2021 by Sweetycat Press and is available in select bookstores and on Amazon.
Latest posts by Mike Turner (see all)
- A Song to Sing - January 13, 2023
- Shadows and Lies - September 10, 2022
- A Traveler, Passing - June 4, 2022
