L Milton Hankins Poet Blank verse

Our Customary Winter

Mid December and the temperature is soaring
The sky is cerulean, and it feels like early spring,
I expect the robins’ return, the meadow greening
And children again playing outside in the street.
Christmas morning is less than two weeks away, 
And we have yet to have a ground-covering snow
Or an ice storm with bright glistening branches,
Where, oh, where, did our customary winter go?
I don’t know all the ins and outs of global warming
Although I have read some of its negative effects
If this unusually warm December is any indication,
I am beginning to wonder what we can expect next.

written December 14, 2021

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Caren Krutsinger December 16, 2021 at 6:28 AM In Kansas our customary winter is also gone "Where, oh, where, did our customary winter go?" Yesterday we had 72 degrees, and last night it dropped to 29. L Milton Hankins December 16, 2021 at 8:56 AM The weather patterns are incredibly weird. Today, we may break a record high in temperature for this time of the year...running at least 10 degrees above the normal for this time of the year. Strange!

Gershon Wolf December 14, 2021 at 7:10 PM Maybe an ice storm in July? ... perhaps the globe is flipping upside-down. That way it'll match people's mental machinations. Keep smiling, gw L Milton Hankins December 14, 2021 at 7:15 PM Quite possibly. Nahhh. Not happening...uh, I don't think, but we had thunder the other night...in December?

Jan Allison December 14, 2021 at 12:46 PM it is so worrying Milton a couple of years ago we had daffodils flowering in the garden on Christmas day, Am hoping my muse is back, the recent negativity on the site has kept me away, hugs Jan xx glad to see you at the top of the community ladder - write on! xx L Milton Hankins December 14, 2021 at 12:51 PM Aw, thanks, Jan. At my age, I have little else to do but be active on Poetry Soup. I love the site, even though we have these yahoos sowing discord. Don't let them get to you, Jan. Please. We need dedicated members who are sharing their very best poetry. I read all you write, and I can tell you, we NEED you! You know the true spirit of the limerick. Lear would be so proud of you, too! Hope you'll soon be back at full strength; a lot of concern for your health on here.