Poems & Other Lies

Poems & Other Lies

Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/19/25 7:00 47F (8.3C) Overcast with a cool breeze.  It's been raining and everything is wet. The air is spiced with the tang of wood smoke from morning fires. I hear someone walking around. Women's voices or perhaps children They have set Walter to barking....

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/18/25 5:30 40F (4.4C) There is a cold breeze blowing. It is very dark,  no moon to be seen but all the stars are out.                                        ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    10/17/25 6:30 49F (9.4C) Dry, breezy  and overcast. There were stars out earlier  but  it is cloudy now. Walter was calm earlier but he is barking at the nieghbors across the street now. I went plinking with Pete yesterday.  Today is gun cleaning day. I...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

10/16/25 6:00 36F (2.2C) It is clear, cold, dark and breezy. There is an abundance of stars. The moon is hiding in the maple tree. My tea is hot and astringent. I like it strong enough to feel each sip. This is good.              ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/15/25 5:30 37F (2.7C) Clear  and dry with  a slight breeze rippling the leaves. It is a dark morning with a star pocked sky. The moon, a waning crescent, hides behind the maple casting dappled light through its trembling foliage.        ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    10/14/25 6:15 37F (2.7C) It is a cold, clear morning. The season is changing. Heavy dew but no frost yet. An owl is hooting in the darkness,  somewhere over by the creek. Far above, the waning moon wears a tiara of stars.        ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    10/13/25 6:15 42F (5.5C) It is a dark, gray morning, as sodden as a discarded dishrag. A disconsolate squawk breaks the silence, some unfortunate bird hiding in the rank grass and dripping briars of a neglected pasture. My dog barks uncertainly at...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/12/25 6:00 48F (8.8C) Moon waning gibbous, no wind, partial clouds. The waning moon looks like a punctured ball, bleeding puffs and streamers of silvery gas across the night, its soft light reflected in the water pooled on the deck.      ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    10/11/25 7:30 48F (8.8C) Overcast with blue patches showing behind the torn fabric of clouds. Still and quiet on the ground, west winds aloft. The morning is muted, the colors dull and soggy from last night's rain. Birds chirp and trill with hushed...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  10/10/25 7:30 50F.(10C) Broken overcast, heavy dew, light breeze. The clouds overhead seem to be coming from the south.                                        ...

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