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what's tomorrow like?

by Charlie Morgan

body rattling me awake with a shiver;
and it's 68 outside; 70 in here.
the nation's T.V. news is frosty, wet.

a cold nip starts at my shoulders
and his racoon finger-tips cling;

comes lumbering in from the northern
far west up-lands of Alaska, Bering Sea.

coming all the way to Texas uninvited.
yet trudging along slothfully; firm.

dumping out lives full of misery;
newspapers wet with bad news: sag
with hope of the Sun's break-thru.

proud states in the midwest bow
to the great known unknown: weather.

03/27/2009

Posted on 03/27/2009
Copyright © 2026 Charlie Morgan

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Joan Serratelli on 03/27/09 at 03:30 PM

Right again- nobody can control the weather- at least you live in Texas (where it's warm) I live in the North (NJ) where the weather changes like a woman changes her mind LOL! It was chilly and rainy yesterday- today it's sunny and warm. Tomorrow?? Who knows- stay turned! Good write, as usual!

Posted by Maude Curtis on 03/27/09 at 04:18 PM

Oh Charlie I'd swear you live in Missouri. Last week it was 80 now tonight we're preparing for 3-6 inches of snow and cold

Posted by Nanette Bellman on 03/27/09 at 04:40 PM

Isn't the weather a great thing Charlie?

Posted by Morgan D Hafele on 03/27/09 at 05:09 PM

despite how fortunate i am to live in the toasty roasty phoenix area, i miss the cold

Posted by A. Paige White on 03/27/09 at 06:26 PM

What tomorrow's like... They're forecasting more nasty weather in my area again later this evening.... like my hometown didn't see enough destruction. I don't know what tomorrow holds, or even later today... unknown indeed Chaz.

Posted by Ken Harnisch on 03/27/09 at 06:29 PM

for years i have watched the spring weather in the middle of the country with foreboding and astonishment,Charlie, knowing what is coming, and thanking my stars that as bad as it sometimes gets here in the east, it is nothing like that...Good luck, man. I'm thinking of you.

Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 03/27/09 at 07:06 PM

Ha. Nice. Very, very nice.

Posted by George Hoerner on 03/27/09 at 07:11 PM

As always Charlie, nicely done!

Posted by Tony Young on 03/27/09 at 07:48 PM

I like your down to earth style Charlie, "what's tomorrow like", an everyday conversation item but not usually to the depth you take it. Our weather girls dont stand a chance lol...Well done

Posted by Fredrich Mohre on 03/28/09 at 01:51 AM

Charliw Charlie Charlie...loved it BUT next time write about a warm spell your real descriptions are making my arty-rhightus act foolish good lines my friend Fred

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