equinox

Equinoxic

Equinoxic

Is it really in the sixties?

That is so nice

Today or tomorrow

Is the equinox

And fall will be official

We want it to be fall, I think

The leaves to turn

The air to be a challenge

Time for coats

And yellow schoolbuses

Easier to see

Take care

Autumn has its challenges

Practice looking out

For trick-or-treaters

First frost

C L Couch

in the northeast of the USA, northern hemisphere

I looked at the temperature and said to myself the first two lines

Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash

September 21, 2021 2

Counting

(x = space)

Counting

There was an equinox

The sky returned to balance

While our Earth began to slide

The other way

Into spring here

And winter to the south

We call them snowbirds,

The folk who go to Florida

In January

I’m not sure about the opposite

Those who might want

To travel farther south for winter,

Maybe call them penguins

Puffer people

Magellanics

We wish for a good season

Much to plant

On planet Earth

To hope for green:

Seeds to break

Blades to rise

Life to harvest

Healthy crops of health

C L Couch

Photo by KT on Unsplash

Satay by the Bay, Singapore

Observed this Yellow Bittern for a good 20 minutes. It was trying to find the most comfortable position for its morning food hunt. Photo was taken from the lotus pond at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore.

March 22, 2021 0

Equinoxing

Equinoxing

It’s so weird
Weirding
To watch the sun pass over
In front of the house
On its way west
So early in the day

But that’s how it is
This side of the planet
With the way we keep
Time and the pereceptions
Realized this way

What if we measured differently
What if we went by lunar time
As many do
Or simply measured seasons
As they felt

Would this day seem so strange
Knowing, as it is, that by three
This afternoon, it will look like
Early evening

Without standard time and
Saving time without the skill
To measure nanoseconds
Would passing moments feel
Differently feel righter
As we might know the
Passing and the tilting
Of our earth

December 12, 2015 2