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.

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 canyon. Other dogs along the road join in. I can’t quite make out what they are saying.

A bird nearby issues a string of beeps, then goes silent.

Amy returns tomorrow. Today will be dedicated to a cleaning frenzy.

But first, my tea.

Good morning.