Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Heated Discussions and Disappointment

Ozarks are brutally hot
Heated discussions and disappointment.
August is a potential fireball
Backs are sticking to leather car seats.
Animals escaping from the west arrive daily

Grass is dried brown, our earth parched
Cultivation of garden is a pipe dream
This summer is the hottest in a decade
There is a bleakness in these hills
Tomatoes shrivel up on their vines.

A storm of sorts is taking place
Temperatures are rising, people are angry
It is not the right kind of storm
No hope of water, dew is scarce.
Heated discussions and disappointment.

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L Milton Hankins August 1, 2021 at 2:15 PM So much of this going on around us, Caren. I really think your poem is so appropriate. Anymore I am trying to avoid anything obliquely called a "civil discussion." The heat causes so many flare-ups of all kinds. Caren Krutsinger August 2, 2021 at 3:19 AM There is no reason to discuss politics or religion right now. I do wish the Covid 19 vaccine was not considered a "political" issue, for our health is at stake here.