Pre-Cold Front – richwrapper

“Oh, What To Do?”

Brisk chill wind gusts South

across the long shallow lake:

cover fruiting crops?

January 28, 2017 by richwrapper Categories: Chores, Climate, Cold-Front, Garden, Gardening, Haiku, J Richards, Poem, Poetry, Pre-Cold Front 2 Comments

“Tee-n-Shorts Today” Tanka 412

The pre-cold bundled:

it’s not even fifty yet –

I get such strange looks!

One androgynous toothpick

look ’bout hypothermic!

January 27, 2017January 27, 2017 by richwrapper Categories: Grass Week, J Richards, January, Poem, Poetry, Pre-Cold Front, Tanka, Temperatures, weatherTags: Androgynous Toothpick, pre-cold (front) bundled, Still tee-shirts and shorts weather

“What Floats By – Or, Islands In The Stream (w/apologies to E.H.)”

did i just see

new guinea float past

in my cloud parade

November 1, 2016November 2, 2016 by richwrapper Categories: Cloudwatcher, Cumulonimbus, Haiku, J Richards, Poem, Poetry, Pre-Cold Front

“‘Horton’ Floats By To Say ‘Hi!'”

Horton head floats by:

November welcomes itself –

feels so like Friday!

November 1, 2016November 2, 2016 by richwrapper Categories: Cloudwatcher, Haiku, Halloween, J Richards, November, Poem, Poetry, Pre-Cold FrontTags: Horton Hears A Who head-shaped cloud, Overhead streaming clouds