Poems & Other Lies
Good Morning
10/9/26 6:30 49F (9.4C) AQI 28 It is a dark, luminous blue morning. There is no wind. There are no stars. Birds begin to wake, calling softly to each other in the still dark dawn. Walter rests quietly on the deck. The eastern sky turns pink and a slight...
Good Morning
10/8/26 6:30 46F (7.7C) AQI 28 No wind, no clouds. The sky is clear and dull blue, shifting into brilliant shades of lavender before it eventually eases into a lighter blue once the sun actually appears. Birds awaken with the morning light, filling the air with...
Good Morning
10/7/26 5:30 44F (6.66C) AQI 19 It is calm, very dark, and the sky is filled with stars. The moon, just a sliver, sneaks almost unnoticed from the ridge to the maple. Staring at the stars, I let my tea go cold. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
10/6/26 6:00 44F (6.66C) AQI 21 There is a light breeze stirring. The night sky was dark and twinkling with stars, but the stars are quickly fading as light begins to sneak in from the east. The moon is hiding in the maple tree. Something moving in the oaks...
Good Morning
10/5/26 6:00 47F (8.3C) AQI 24 It is a dark and windless morning. The stars are out. The moon in its last quarter filters through the maple, kept company by Jupiter and Mars. Orion shines behind the birch. A car drives by, lights flickering past the oaks. It is...
Good Morning
10/4/26 7:00 47F (8.3C) AQI 22 It is a pale blue Sunday morning. No wind. High above the maple the moon has slipped into the last quarter. The chickens mumble disgruntled clucks inside the coop. Walter is drawn to respond to some faint barking from far up the...
Good Morning
10/3/26 6:00 46F (7.7C) AQI 12 Clear with a rumor of a breeze. The incipiency of dawn began dark and filled with stars Half a moon watched as the stars yielded to a lavender glow Daylight arrived well before the sun Still, the moon smiles down on me Good...
Good Morning
10/2/26 7:30 48F (8.8C) AQI 14 Clear, blue sky; cool, with no breeze. The waning half moon lingers above the oaks. The sun has not yet topped the east ridge. Birds twitter. The dog's barking is more of a grumbling complaint than any sort of challenge. The...
Good Morning
10/1/26 7:00 46F (7.7C) AQI 12 The first day of October dawns with a whisper of a breeze. A thin net of white clouds cannot conceal the placid blue sky overhead. Smoke drifts from the top of the lodge. The foliage has begun to turn. Patches of yellow dapple the...
Good Morning
9/30/26 5:00 55F (12.7C) AQI 14 It is a warm, windless morning. The moon, just past full, wanes through broken clouds; the ground glows in its silver light. The clouds close in and the light goes out, hidden behind a thick velvet curtain. Night birds call....
