For Paul Brookes’ Ekphrastic Challenge, Day Twenty-four, my poem responds to the work below by Kerfe Roig and Christine O’Connor.
-Kerfe Roig, “The Heat Breaks” 
-Christine O’Connor
Color Wheels
In autumn chill, leaves flame
against the bluest blue, then
the moon whispers the sky to violet hues,
“Be still,” she calls out to the wind,
but he doesn’t listen, just roars winter in.
I knit a blanket of grey-wooled dreams.
I window-gaze, wrapped up in it,
till I can open the panes wide
to greenery and pink-tipped spring,
and listen to the mockingbird determinedly sing.
Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings 
A lovely portrait word-painted. I reread it a few times. 😊
Thank you so much! That’s very kind.
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Thank you again, Paul!
I enjoyed this, Merril. Enjoy your Saturday!
Thank you, Jill!
I love your blanket of grey-wooled dreams’ waiting for ‘pink-tipped spring’. Lovely!
Thank you very much! I liked that blanket of grey-wooled dreams, too. 😀
I can imagine what it feels like 🙂
❤️
I love this, Merril. Winter will come, no matter what (and blowing particularly cold right now!) but we know we can wrap ourselves up in knitted warmth until spring and then summer return.
I love that we have four seasons, to be honest!
Thank you. I love having four seasons, too. Though I’d be happy if late spring and early fall hung around a bit longer. 😏
I am in total agreement with you. Winter need not be that long 😉
When one of us is queen of the universe. . .
Is that what you are 😉
Hahaha. No. But you know either of us could run things better. 🤣
Hahaha!!! 😂🤣
On my second read of your poem, I see that all the colors of the spectrum are included. It’s a good remember to savor every season.
Thank you very much. It’s quite accidental, if I included all the colors of the spectrum, but I did try to include a few. Yes, it’s good to have different seasons–each have there own beauty.
You’re welcome, Merril.
It’s definitely window-gazing weather (with dream blankets). (K)
Thank you very much. Yes, it is!
I wonder if we will really get 2 feet of snow? I wasn’t going anywhere anyway…
I don’t know. It’s certainly windy now. I guess we’ll have to see if that second storm really comes through.
So far it’s not too bad here, and it stopped snowing. But all I can see is out my window. It may be worse elsewhere. The street has not been plowed, but the sidewalks are shoveled and very passable.
Nicely knitted together with your vision
Thank you very much, Derrick. 😀