The Weather Channel
vernal bliss
do not go gentle into
this new spring!
rage, rage against the living
of winter!
So the equinox comes. Spring, for we living north of the equator. Fall, for those dwelling south of it. The inauguration of a temperate season, regardless of hemisphere, commences today.
Nevertheless, Nor’easter Toby threatens the US east coast, especially my native New York. Near a foot of snow may fall in the space of hours, while wind gusts threaten us with powerlessness again.
March madness, indeed!
But the revolution continues. Day will outlast Night north of the equator, even as night overcomes day south of it. Warmth progresses, and winter’s last stand indeed soon ends. We simply endure the last spiteful gasp of a dying frigid season. So be it!
Soon, the first blossoms
a new spring preceding
this coming dusk
the first vernal breeze supplants
the last winter tempests
for:
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