LOCAL HAZING

So humid so where is the haze,

That mistiness through which sun plays…

In an afternoon

After monsoon,

To help us enjoy sunny days!

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–J. Caswell

LO THE NIGHT BE COOLING…

Lo, the night be cooling–

Tomorrow will be hot…

Whether we are ready

The swelter’s what we got!

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Occasional spot showers

Cooling some of the day…

Inclement weather glowers

Over a picnic stay.

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Cooler night–sleeping better

without steamy heat…

Too much humidity

And folks here feel beat!

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I wonder if tomato juice

Is the only “cure” for skunk…

Considering that the grocery store

Of this may not have “thunk.”

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–Jonathan Caswell

ANTICIPATING THE WEATHER

ANTICIPATING THE WEATHER

The wife suggested I tote

To work, my yellow raincoat…

May be unneeded

But caution is heeded,

In case I fall out of the boat.

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Some of us don’t have cell phones

Or tablets to control drones…

We chose to be

More antiquity

Than modern society condones.

–

For one thing, there is price,

Unless a “free” phone would suffice…

“Free stuff” isn’t free

Which few folks see,

MORE taxes should make us think twice!

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We do use media to deduce

Whether a raincoat will find use…

If memory serves,

A storm sometimes swerves

Then my coat is a convenient ruse.

–Jonathan Caswell

“HEINZ-57” WEATHER

“HEINZ-57” WEATHER

Don’t want to complain my friends,

But New England weather tends…

To often be

Full of variety,

Whatever the overcast sends.

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This morning we started with rain,

Snow flakes and sleet once again…

Often all three

In waves like the sea,

The morning a dreary refrain.

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It stopped in the afternoon,

The sunlight made its way out soon…

Our roads will have dried

By my midnight ride,

Any black ice well-lit by the moon!

–Jonathan Caswell

SUMMER SOLSTICE EVE

SUMMER  SOLSTICE EVE

 

Oh how time does fly

And who would believe….

The longest day of the year

Is tomorrow–tonight its eve.

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A blink or two in time

It was just past December…

Complaining about the cold,

Does anyone remember?

–

One blogger I read said that

It’s all down hill from now…

Forgetting that hotter months

July and August

Cry loud.

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Of weather what can I say,

The warmup is welcome to me…

It’s close to the longest day

But I look to the summer with glee!

 

–Jonathan Caswell

 

DEEP FREEZE REPRISE

DEEP FREEZE REPRISE

 

With a single digit score,

Some of us cannot take much more…

International Falls

Freezing temp. enthralls,

But some of us are furnace-poor!

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We’re not used to it this cold,

Especially the poor and old…

Who don’t have cover

Huddling with each other,

Enough to warmth enfold.

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Electric blankets are fine

‘Til the meter starts to whine…

Moving blanket piles

Won’t leave many smiles,

And will you make the bathroom in time?

 

–Jonathan Caswell

 

WINTER’S FIRST DAY

WINTER’S FIRST DAY

The first day of winter,

A glorious thought…

Right before Christmas,

A holiday fraught

With people running

Preparing to be merry,

More rain is forecast…

Of ice please be wary!

–Jonathan Caswell