Category: Weather

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Skaters

Clouds roll across the sky of blue,
The way kids roller-skating do;
And, just like children, after all,
Clouds that skate will sometimes fall.

The thunder is their crash, it’s plain;
The tears they’re dropping bring us rain.

by Ray Romine Sunday, February 10, 1952

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One Man’s Sleet Is Another Man’s Poison

This weather–please take it and drive on–
Fills some folk with vigor and zest;
But the same thing which other guys thrive on
Just gives me a cold in my chest,
And a sore throat besides, and a sniffle,
Which is all quite annoying as heck–
Yet all this is merely a riffle
To the fact it’s a PAIN IN THE NECK!

2-12-44, and first half “written”
while walking to work in 6″ of
snow, and 2 above zero.

by Ray Romine Saturday, February 12, 1944

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Ode Darn April!

If the weatherman’s a human cuss,
I expect he’d like to shoot us–
When it was “dry” we crabbed–we wanted beer,
Now it’s here, it’s too “wet” to suit us.

When it was dry we crabbed & howled,
And stormed & griped & cussed & scowle’d;
But now it’s wet & beer is here,
We’re sore ’cause it’s rained every day this year.

by Ray Romine Saturday, April 1, 1933

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Nature Label

Flake on flake, the falling white
Climbs the disappearing posts;
Sifting through the silent night
Drops the friendliest of ghosts.

The snow stops; then the lightly fanned
Drifts begin to shift and blow.
The wind provides the writing hand
That autographs the restless snow.

by Ray Romine Thursday, April 29, 1954

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Lightning

Immature and wholly free,
Rather than sleep he would embark
Upon an aimless shooting spree,
Taking potshots in the dark.

His guns echo and thunder back
Cross the flash-lit bay
Until he tires, and yawns, and packs
His armament away.

by Ray Romine Thursday, August 12, 1954

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It All Depends..

It’s too hot for working
(The mercury’s baking),
But just right for shirking,
And alibi-making.

It’s too hot for hoeing;
It’s too warm for weeding;
It’s splendid for going
Or staying–and reading.

I could work on the form
Of my golf; I could fish too,
For it’s NEVER too warm
To do those things I wish to!

by Ray Romine Thursday, June 26, 1952