Forecast

It's dark, and gloomy, and gray
The pall of the world shed tears on the grass
The cloud is a curtain all day

Winter is coming, the foreclosures won't pass
I long to sweat again in May
Florida is more sand than clay.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Neels Avatar
December 10, 2010 at 11:57 AM
David a gloomy write you have here.. Hope it is just the weather that got you a little sad.. Enjoy the weekend ahead ;) Wilma
Haick Avatar
December 9, 2010 at 2:10 PM
I feel your pain, David...that these gloomy days would pass is my wish also, but it seems we have to endure them to get to fair weather again. Your last line in my humble opinion is "deep". I wish we had some sunshine to send your way but we're in the same boat. Peace and blessings to you and yours, always, Audrey
Beck Avatar
December 9, 2010 at 8:10 AM
This, like almost every one of your poems is exceptional in its quality, head and shoulders above any I have read on The Soup (to be frank).... I found you r comment on my poem "Hidden Beauty" and was honoured to read it....if I could write the sort of stuff you are able to regularly father, I would indeed be a good poet. ( I know I have said this before in as many words)....thank you very much for your support.....most sincerely....Syd
Loving Iii Avatar
December 9, 2010 at 7:00 AM
a foreclosure is a forclosure no matter the weather. and the clouds are predicting them better than ever. weird forcast. john
Kendrick Avatar
December 9, 2010 at 6:35 AM
Very sad our country is in now..I feel so for the families..Our daughter has been out of work for nearly three years for health reasons and that takes a toll on a families' economics when they are use to two incomes..Our son is out of work for health reasons and it will be soon a year on his not working..Life is not always easy...Your way of expressing the times is excellent..I am glad that I chose this one to read this morn..Your comments on my work lifted my spirits..Sara
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December 9, 2010 at 6:34 AM
There's a sadness in this poem that may be associated with the season. Shorter days and cold without the beauty of snow make Florida an unpleasant place to spend winter sometimes. The good news is you aren't likely to have to wait until May to "sweat again." We'll have some better weather long before then. Hot and cold in the Sunshine State throughout the winter. Intriguing poem. People think it's hot here all year long. Love, Carolyn
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