Good Morning

The Writer, Vernon Wade

Vernon Wade is a poet, author and freelancer. He has been published in The Gorge Literary Journal, Dualsport Rider Magazine, Hack’d Magazine, The Sidecarist, ROB Magazine and The Hood River News.

The world fills him with wonder. When he looks at the sky he is lifted into flights of fancy, when he stares at the earth he is drawn beneath its surface. He is delighted to find the macrocosm and the microcosm equally mesmerizing.

1/2/26 6:30 37F (2.7C) Calm, quiet, damp.

A thin fog sifts through the trees and settles in the canyon.

It is warmer than yesterday morning, no ice. Everything is wet.

I hear an owl softly calling. A few birds chirp quietly.

A half dozen ducks rise from the weeds behind the pond, wheeling in formation, heading southeast, toward the creek.

For a moment, the stillness is disrupted by the rapid tattoo of wings beating the air and birds muttering to each other. Then they are gone, swallowed by the fog.

Sipping mint tea, I soak in the early morning, watching the day begin.