IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WEATHER

Here are two poems that are weather related.  Last week was winter here in Langley, B.C. and this week has hints of spring.

INSIDE, OUTSIDE

Charcoal sky lowers and looms

As icy north winds blast the landscape

Pets cower undercover

And people walk inclined

January threatens

Forcing the favoured inside

While freezing the forgotten outside.

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By Lisa A. Hatton

WINTERMELT

It rains outside

And people hide

Curtains drawn

The TV on

The phone is dead

So is the head

People apart

With dormant heart

Rain is pelting

Winter melting.

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By Lisa A. Hatton

THE CURSE OF WINTER WEATHER

This poem is for all those tired of windy, winter weather!  I wrote it before my husband retired, but it still seems to happen like this sometime every winter.

 HIGH NOON

When this doesn’t work and nor does that

And I’m upset

And ready to spat

When Honey’s at work and I’m alone

And can’t even use

My cordless phone

When the power’s out and life’s on hold

I sit in the dark

And creeping cold

Ready to scream, ready to shout

This hassled life

What’s it about?

Why am I here and where’s the smart

Of spending hours

Stuck at “Start”

When nothing works unless it’s wired

Into a system

Old and tired

That can’t sustain a windy day

So heaven help us all

I pray

God keep the branches on the trees

And off the wires

Thank you, please

Just guide me through this darkest hour

Bless my life

With light and power

And let me see to set each clock

That I might live

Past twelve o’clock, twelve o’clock, twelve o’clock …

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By Lisa A. Hatton