Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

A Poke

The calendar says April
But it’s winter once again, 
Although the bulbs are up and bears
Have likely left the den.

I bundled up to take my walk
With scarf and gloves and hood, 
Not attired for the season
As I would have thought I should.

It’s a poke by Mother Nature, 
A reminder we should not
Get complacent for what we expect
Might not be what we’ve got.

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Robert Pettit April 3, 2021 at 5:57 PM With temperatures in the seventies last week, I thought we would finally bid farewell to winter's cold. That has not been the case these last two days. Good write as usual, Ilene.

Rico Leffanta April 3, 2021 at 11:56 AM I just received the Fort Apache Scout with a front-page photo of snow falling at an Apache Puberty Rite, so I suspect that is on its way to you! Take care! Aloha! Rico

Maurice Rigoler April 3, 2021 at 10:37 AM True enough. New England is like a magician with sleights of weather. Right now most spring flowers are in bloom like forsythia, though botanically not a true flowering shrub. Like you, when I take walks, I dress warmly. And I never take New England at its word or the weatherman. / Maurice

Tom Cunningham April 2, 2021 at 2:07 PM We've had the same here Ilene, yesterday was like a summers day and today is the opposite with more wintry weather to come. Mother nature rules lol Tom