A Tale of Two Winds

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Chicago is known both as 'The Windy City' and 'The Toddlin' Town.'

The wind blows from the East
   to tame Summer's beast
of humidity, heat and stress
   that rage from the West


Welcome breezes from the South
   turn chill North gusts around
As we dig out from snowstorms
   Open up our 'toddlin' town'

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 6/22/2020 6:55:00 PM

See what Kim wrote? I was about to write the same thing and I lived in Chicago for nine years.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/22/2020 11:08:00 PM

Sinatra called it that. Don' know if he coined the term or not, but he sure gave it a shot in the arm! :) gw

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/22/2020 5:33:00 AM

Loved the info. I didn’t know Chicago was also called the toddlin town! Fun poetry!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/22/2020 11:09:00 PM

It seems to me that if he didn't coin the term, Frank Sinatra made it famous. Oh, well...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/22/2020 11:08:00 PM

It seems to me that if he didn't coin the term, Frank Sinatra made it famous. Oh, well...

Mohan Chutani

Date: 6/21/2020 8:32:00 PM

GW, the easterlies in India in the form of monsoons fight the same battle. Best. Mohan

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 6/21/2020 5:09:00 PM

Hello Gershon Wolf, you can keep the snow where it is. i would rather have the summer season now. Enjoy your evening my friend.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/21/2020 7:32:00 PM

Agreed. No snow on the radar for quite a while. Enjoy summer too, Darlene! Best wishes, Gershon

Brian Strand

Date: 6/21/2020 4:49:00 PM

Guess you don't need weather forecasters ,Gershon,..just a solid weather vane.Liked the quaternion form.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 6/21/2020 7:31:00 PM

Well, Brian, I looked up quaternion, and I now understand the depth of your mathematical knowledge. Whew! That term is way over my head! I'll accept the positivity of the comment at face value. (Like I have a choice! LOL!). Thank YOU! Best wishes, Gershon