Tag Archives: weather

2023, Autumn, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

ad-based survival as a series of ill-advised bets and voodoo dolls made of dead foliage and follicles

that last smooch of warm weather, maybe
the sports books are laying the odds
on how many leaves will remain attached to trees
the rains have been autumnnal, life altering
events. even the backyard mud seems
slightly moisturized for them

one of those commercials aimed at age denying manscapers: and here me, proud of my grays and whites reaching towards the dark hair up top
kept under a hat regardless of the season
knowing there is a kiss waiting for me at home.

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2023, Autumn, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

Autumn 2023, no. 20

away from the river
I dream sometimes
with eyes closed
waiting
for rain months delayed
listening
to the backyard dust
groan thirsty

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2023, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

Autumn 2023, no. 5

arthritis has taken what little faith I had in weather reports

talk on the boat tonight is of perfect weather
the rain holding off, the breeze

what remains, really, something more jagged
than the Pollyanna hope of local meteorology

a bit more patient about the fast / slow wobble of time

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