The Wordsmith's Forge

Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. I'm starting with this list.

30. When did you last cry in front of another person? By yourself?

Last month, when my partner and I got into a major argument about visiting relatives I don't want to see.  Both counts apply.

We went out for a late skywatch and I spotted a green tree frog clinging to the door.  :D  He is a very pale jade green without the pale stripe they sometimes have.

We're being visited by an asteroid. It will pass by us about half the distance between Earth and Luna.   For those of you interested in writing alternate history, it has an estimated diameter in the range of 100-230 feet (32-71 meters).  Here are some impact calculators to estimate the damage.

This poem is spillover from the September 4, 2018 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by redsixwing. It also fills the "cinnamon" square in my 9-5-18 Spices card for the 1000 Words or Less Bingo Fest.


"Raining Leaves"


It's raining leaves today.

They drift down by ones and twos,
the yellow and the brown,
leaving the green world behind.

The maples and the sycamores are giving up
the ghost, not all at once, but slowly
as the Earth revolves
around the sun.

The air smells of cinnamon
and the leaves crinkle underfoot.

The wind quickens, and
thunder rumbles in the distance.

More leaves tumble down.

Mother Autumn takes them by the hand,
tugging them toward her husband Winter.