Look

Tengo's father turned
in his direction.
His expressionless eyes
made Tengo think
of two empty swallow's
nests hanging
from the eaves.

— Haruki Murakami
(translated by Jay Rubin, New Yorker fiction, 9-5-2011)

Gray

Her eyes
the pale gray
of rainwater
pooled
in a dish
left on the
window ledge.

— Michael Chabon, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"

Gaze

Her open eye
was like
nearly black
balsamic vinegar
bleeding
on white china.

— Jonathan Franzen, "The Corrections"

Eyes

The man looked at Chigurh's eyes
for the first time. Blue as lapis.
At once glistening and totally opaque.
Like wet stones.
-- Cormac McCarthy, "No Country for Old Men"

Goodness

There were faint wrinkles
of habitual good nature
about his eyes.
-- Roy Phillips, "The Yellow Pill"
(Astounding Science Fiction, 1958)