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.
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A pair of ducks flew off from the pond, headed towards the creek.
No birds are singing, no squirrels are chattering .
Everyone is hunkered down, trying to stay dry.
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I know you look up at those clouds, mister, but look down at the earth. Any greens showing yet Vern?
daffodils and iris shoots, crocus and snowdrops are blooming as is the pussywillow.