Tagged: weather

after one more of

after one more of
these bomb cyclones, we are in
flux, deviating

from script, preparation, and cry
wolf storylines, deer in headlights
.
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across the border,

across the border,
at the edge of ohio,
for a solid hour,

i wait for sunrise, only
to be greeted by morning haze
.
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bees will survive some

bees will survive some
mysteries, like the unnamed
flowering tree in

the backyard, that scarlet come-
hither look, but not mankind
.
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there will always be

there will always be
moments that will feel tender
and raw, a red sky

moment, for which shepherds and
sailors will have no shared rhyme
.
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suddenly, a hard

suddenly, a hard
freeze –
the rooster sitting
atop the weather
vane betrays
nothing
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: rooster

your collective

your collective
decision to mark
the change in our
environment is tied
to what we see
and what we
don’t see, what
we say yes to
and what we deny
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: collective

Spring is a spry cat –

Spring is a spry cat –
we follow, helpless to its
mercurial whims
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: mercurial

here we stand, in hot

here we stand, in hot
chocolate weather, layering
on the memories
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: layering

on the last day of

on the last day of
november, it’s near sixty
degrees fahrenheit,

autumn pauses its camouflage
unsure of which way to turn
.
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t minus one entire

t minus one entire
season to winter,
mom and i are giddy,
fingers sugar-
tipped, mouths
citrusy sweet.
end-of-summer
weather is meant
to be this candied-
orange-peel-sticky
.
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