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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2001-03-12 10:28 AM

Sonnet to a Caterpillar

A glowing halo round a silver moon
Is certainty a snowstorm’s on it’s way
In Punxsutawny revelers assume
A groundhog shows if winter’s here to stay

The woolly caterpillar knows for sure
If winter will be mild or snowy deep
The black bear’s hibernation tells us more
How far into the cave he falls asleep

But radar screens and satellites now reign
Archaic means of forecasting are done
They said the blizzard of the century came
But all we got that day was glaring sun

When meteorologists must take it back
It’s time to read the Farmer’s Almanac

Elizabeth Santos

[This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 03-12-2001).]

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

1 posted 2001-03-12 11:10 AM

I loved this---down here in New Orleans I think meteorologists have a pretty tough job--lol---we learned long ago to just listen and say "uh huh", and you learn to watch for the signs. If it's late summer and those dratted crows get quiet--I buy emergency supplies!!! lol..and thank you for the charming sonnet.

Meadowmuse
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since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

2 posted 2001-03-12 11:15 AM

Liz, Serenity said it ~ this is charming. Wisdom is found in observing nature, to be sure. A lovely, clever sonnet, Liz. Thanks for it.

Claire

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau

jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

3 posted 2001-03-12 11:16 AM

how could you not read this? from the title to the end...just perfect

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

4 posted 2001-03-12 07:40 PM

This is so true! For all their sophisticated equipment, the weathermen (or women) seldom seem to be able to predict what is going to happen on any given day. Those old signs in nature, are more accurate, I think.

Betty Lou Hebert

Voiceless
Senior Member

since 2001-02-19

Posts 686
Under the stars upon the wind

5 posted 2001-03-12 07:44 PM

I can't really relate to this..
Mostly because i live in minnesota
and well it always snows!
But I am sure it is the truth!

~*Peachy Be*~

walker
Member Elite

since 2001-02-11

Posts 2240
Florida

6 posted 2001-03-12 08:57 PM

Yes,indeed tha time again. Beautifully expressed!

A quarter of a century must pass, for the writer to understand what and why he writes.

Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

7 posted 2001-03-12 10:36 PM

You made me smile here, Elizabeth. Very nicely written.

Lone Wolf

Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

8 posted 2001-03-12 11:42 PM

All the old tried and true weather forecasters are called 'old wives tales' now. I know though, when the wind blows and the leaves on the trees are showing their 'belly' we're going to get rain. Love this poem Liz!!!

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