What's going on with you, friends, since last we met? It
is hard not to notice the extreme weather events happening all over the world.
In Canada, as in so many places around the world, we have been experiencing extended drought, (even in the rainforest
where I live), wildfires across the country and the far north, unseasonal storms and tornadoes, and torrential rains in
some places, causing major flooding and collapse of infrastructure. Unusual
summer weather (an understatement.)
For your prompt, let us know what’s going on in your corner of the world in terms of WEATHER.
*Have you experienced any unusual or extreme weather events?
*Has the weather changed in the last few years?
*What has been happening weather-wise that has caught your attention?
*You might describe a single storm or event that was exceptional.
*Or describe what it's like outside right now.
*You could give us an over-all look at your local weather picture.
*Or you might take a larger look at climate activity globally.
Here is a poem for inspiration:
THE LAST SONG
by Joy Harjo
how can you stand it
he said
the hot Oklahoma summers
where you were born
this humid thick air
is choking me
and i want to go back
to New Mexico
it is the only way
i know how to breathe
an ancient chant
that my mother knew
came out of a history
woven from wet tall grass
in her womb
and i know no other way
than to surround my voice
with the summer songs of crickets
in this moist south night air
oklahoma will be the last song
i’ll ever sing
Please link one poem that is your response
to the material of this prompt. Please take some time to visit other links, so we build a real community here. I am so
happy to be writing with you again.
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Hello, friends. It is a very welcome rainy day here on the West Coast of Canada, after our long drought. All the growing things are relieved, I am sure. It was such a lovely welcome you gave us last week. We are still smiling. I'm looking forward to writing with you through fall and winter and sharing lots of wonderful writing.
ReplyDeleteSo blessed you are Sherry! We spent our rainy season without rain. Our souls have dried up. Sigh.
DeleteIt is raining lightly, not the hard rain we need to put out the fires. But any moisture is welcome right now. I can feel the heat you are experiencing in your poem. May the monsoons come - but not flood.
DeleteGreetings, Everyone! We have a sunny, but cool day today. I can feel we are heading into fall. Look forward to writing with you whatever season!
ReplyDeleteIt is fall here too, my plants are telling me. Fall is so welcome after all the heat and wildfires.
ReplyDeleteIs the rain keeping poets away? Viewed from the train, the cumulus clouds sit low and dark and heavy, but the rain remains a light mist. Dark tunnels, wide Hudson River. I change trains in NY, then on to Philadelphia. Only 5 hours by train, and I can write too. So glad I didn't drive. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteHello..... Here I am... and hopefully my profile will hold ... seems I must sign in with Chrome rather than Safari... Okie dokie.. as my grandmother would have said ... "should be my worst problem" but truly I am happy to be able to post here as myself... On to writing something now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your poem, Pearl. With the news today, I feel as gobsmacked as you describe in your poem - 6000 dead in Libya from flooding just today. So many places suffering.
DeleteI'm glad you didnt drive, too, Susan. I would love a train ride!
ReplyDeleteHey friends. I don' know how I screwed this up, but read the 2nd listing here (I mistakenly linked back to an old unrelated writing)! Good to see you all. - Mosk
ReplyDeleteHi Mosk, I did notice that you had linked an old poem & already have deleted that entry! I will read your poem very soon. Glad to see you here!
DeleteGood to see you, Buddah. Thank you for your comment on my poem!
DeleteWow, Mosk, lovely to see you pop up!!!
ReplyDeleteMy first time here. Hi everyone.
ReplyDeleteHi JadeLi! So glad to meet you.
DeleteWelcome! Please return again and again!
DeleteJadeLi, I am so pleased to see you here! Yay! Thanks for linking!
ReplyDeleteSherry,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed writing a poem for your new prompt, How's the Weather.
I shall return to read and comment at the other posts, in the morning.
Eileen T O'Neill
Glad you are here, Eileen. (If you see "anonymous, and click on it, then you can choose name/url. I just put my name. It works!)
DeleteSusan,
DeleteI have hopefully overcome previous problems with the anonymous name!
I have switched my computer browser to Google chrome and that has sorted the previous problems...
It's great to be back with the Poets United team :)
Lovely to see you, my friend. See you in the morning!
ReplyDeleteGlad to play and visit everyone! It's been months since I've written - my muse took me a little off track, but I hope it is close enough. I'll get back in the groove. Thank you for hosting!
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be in the groove to me. (I still have your butterfly.)
DeleteLovely to see you, Margaret! Your poem is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteA poem to love!! And I do!
ReplyDeleteannell livingston
Annell, you found a way to comment! Yay! Lovely to see you here.
ReplyDelete(Several people have been having trouble with the site accepting comments. Thanks, Annell, for not giving up!)
DeleteHappy to be among such company. How's the weather, you ask? Well, let me tell you....
ReplyDeleteWelcome Yvonne! Come back and visit us again.
DeleteWe're so glad you did! Smiles!
ReplyDeleteHello Dear Poets - It's been raining here a lot lately and I am feeling weary too much going on in life. I offer you a piece of a dream...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that dream, Truedessa.
DeleteWelcome back Truedessa!
DeleteSo glad you stopped by, Truedessa.
ReplyDeleteCommented I believe on everyone's successfuly except Brendens for some reason. Tried several times. could someone drop him a note and let him know?
ReplyDeleteWill do, Margaret. People are saying using the google chrome browser works more compatibly with Blogger.
DeleteAm on Chrome
DeleteFriends,
ReplyDeleteI have posted a comment to all the linked poems posted at this Blog. Looking back, a few have posted as Anonymous...hopefully that will not be a problem in future.
Many thanks for the comments left at my Blog..
Eileen T O'Neill http://mypoeticparlance.blogspot.com
Thank you for visiting other linkers. That is so appreciated.
ReplyDeleteSherry,
DeleteI think that linking to the poems of other contributors is very important. It's amazing how much that support can be appreciated and retains enthusiasm :)
I agree, Eileen. Plus it builds community...and friendships.
DeleteI can't believe I missed the prompt! I'm so disappointed as I had a poem about weather that would have been an ideal share. I promise I will keep my eyes open this week - next week I'm visiting my sister and will be busy - I haven't seen her for two years.
ReplyDeletehttps://lauriethepoet2.wordpress.com/2023/09/18/hows-the-weather/
DeleteThe time limit of only from Wednesdays to Sundays makes it hard as I really do not write or do anything really on deadline. But now that I know about the time limit I will respond when I feel moved to do so by the deadline.
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