Paul Newman’s Eyes and Other Tricks of the Light

I write these lines in black and white,
just simple swirls of dark and light -
they’re monochrome and yet it’s true
these words can conjure any hue.

Let us start with an empty screen...






Paul Newman’s eyes!

See what I mean?
It only takes a word or two
for me to summon perfect blue;
out of the black and white of words
comes plumage bright as any bird’s,
though in this little verse today,
I’ll put my coloured words away.
I’ll stick to monochrome and play,
mix black and white and thus, make hay.