by Martha Linsley Spencer<\/p>\n
Translucent sky, “S.L.M”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pastel in Gray by Martha Linsley Spencer Translucent sky, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0softer than mother-of-pearl \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0it gleams and grays \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0over the city, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0over the river, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0above the bridge \u2014\u2014 Red, like a ruby \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hangs the trellised-star \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of radio. Picked with golden-lighted windows, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0gray bulk of stone on stone \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0merges into gray \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0without a sharpened line, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Where the Traveler’s … Continue reading Pastel in Gray<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>softer than mother-of-pearl
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>it gleams and grays
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>over the city,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>over the river,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>above the bridge \u2014\u2014
\nRed, like a ruby
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>hangs the trellised-star
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>of radio.
\nPicked with golden-lighted windows,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>gray bulk of stone on stone
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>merges into gray
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>without a sharpened line,
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>Where the Traveler’s Tower
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>lifts its pinnacled height
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>into the luminous dusk
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>of the gray October twilight.<\/p>\n