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.

9/8/26 6:00 46F (7.7C) AQI 20 Clear with a faint breeze rising.

A waning fingernail moon hangs in a clear blue sky to the east, with Jupiter dangling beneath. The approach of daylight paints the eastern horizon lavender.

Orchard sprayers are whining. Walter barks at pickers across the road, starting their day by flashlight.

Amy is up early, getting ready for a morning substituting at the school.

The rooster crows, tentatively at first, becoming strident.

Good morning.