My husband's poetry

Category: weather/storms

  • 400 miles north of landfall

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    cfblack
    in , ,

    before the wind before the rain before the coming storm the wood is strangely quiet Isolated bird calls out, but does not receive an answer on the corner unaware of the approaching flood a dog barks at the fence you walk under the trees wonder which ones won’t be standing tomorrow 8-30-23

  • Hosanna chainsaw

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    by

    cfblack
    in ,

    dog walkers reappear park staff armed with chainsaws clear limbs and damaged trees barometric pressure shoulder pain lessens emails and projects beckon me to come inside and work in the key of longing cicadas sing Hosanna chorus celebrate survival of the storm 8-31-23

  • haiku for a cloudy day

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    by

    cfblack
    in ,

    he read the morning overcast said continued he crawled back in bed 10-16-23

  • highway 21

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    by

    cfblack
    in , ,

    racing through the dark lightning strobes the road wipers slap windshield hazard lights ahead pull off the road only nineteen miles to go fear is not my modus operandi I race through the dark an invincible fool weaves through traffic I hope they don’t overreach their skill set and take me with them before the…