Showing posts with label daily poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label daily poem. Show all posts

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Headline Poem 1/4/14 -- Hercules out, Ion in

(Photo credit Frank Franklin II/AP)

Today's poem is inspired by the departing winter storm 'Hercules,' and the incoming storm 'Ion.' I'm watching the weather channel, and although I am amazed, it is hard to relate. I've been in snow, in cold temperatures, but I've never shoveled my car out of it, and I've never been stuck inside more than a few days. Snow Days? We don't have those in Southern California. What a wimp huh?! 

Hercules out, Ion in

Arctic freeze
Frostbite lingers
Frigid, frosty, swathing air
Stay home people, stay home
Connecticut Govenor warns, "Do not put your tongue on a pole..." Har, har, har

Hercules departs, Ion begins 
Green Bay vs 49er forecast is 1 degree
1 degree!
Ion is a massive system
Negative temps looming
Snow in Denver
Slick roads
Detroit 8-12 inches
A lot to deal with

Energy with two combined forces
Wind blowing in all directions
Dangerously cold
Windchill
Frozen tundra 
Coldest in 20 years
13 dead

Second winter blast coming
Be safe, take advantage of the break
It's right around the corner...
Respond and prepare!
Holiday travelers stopped in tracks
Plans snarled
Grounded for days

Forecast at home is 72 degrees


Thursday, January 2, 2014

Headline Poem 1/2/14 -- Farmersonly.com

(Photo credit farmersonly.com)

This poem is written about an article found in the San Francisco Chronicle about a website that helps farmers find love...

Farermsonly.com

Farmersonly.com -- "Save a horse, try a cowboy"
Sun up, sun down life does not leave much time for love
City folk don't understand
I can't meet for a nighttime coffee, I have to get up to feed the animals at 5 a.m.!
The rural lifestyle leaves some stuck in a routine lacking love
Must drive for hours to meet someone you are not related to
Only one tavern in town
30 single men and one waitress
All these boys are like my brothers... we've been friends since we were kids
At first this site didn't really take off
Tricky with no internet access
Now, there are farmers checking dates with their Smartphones while tending to their crops and chores
Hard to find the one when you are a fourth generation rancher who does not leave home
Life revolves around the sun and seasons
Farmer man meets farmer woman
A family of four now -- every day they eat lunch together and pray
A 100-year-old almond farm in Glenn County has found love