Tag Archives: Heat

SPELL

Posted on September 8, 2022 by elainedanforth

The heatinside. . . the windows ope. . . the dark, the faintest draft, the fat and waxing moonthat looms. . . the cricketsgentle plenty chirping song— ALL RIGHT! All right!- it’s beautiful–and not so very “warm” as ’twas, but … Continue reading →

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TO DON MY BEST INTREPID

Posted on August 8, 2017 by elainedanforth

As life goes on, there comes a time I’ve got to don my very best intrepid. Too long have I longed for hot or warm but settled for just tepid. . . So, right now I will cut brave paths … Continue reading →

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HOW TO BE HOT AND CHILL

Posted on April 24, 2016 by elainedanforth

When dead of winter licks like piling crystalline snowflakes or hits you like a pitter-patter rainy ton of bricks, you gotta learn to find within yourself just what it takes, to mend your frozen pains and aches and activate your … Continue reading →

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A LOT OF HOT IN AUTUMN

Posted on September 7, 2015 by elainedanforth

a lot of hot in autumn. . . moving molecules we’ve got, sent up to top while cooler, stiller ones stay close to bottom. . . we’d best not buy too many fruits, for before we succeed to eat ’em … Continue reading →

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BEFORE THE HEAT BEGINS TO BLISTER

Posted on August 17, 2015 by elainedanforth

Now’s the time to reconcile and mend, with your neighbors and your kin– on anything that has been rent, or over which you’ve grown to differ. If you can, go make your overture with grace and style, considering it won’t … Continue reading →

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ORDER AND DISORDER MINGLE

Posted on November 14, 2014 by elainedanforth

order and disorder mingle. . . almost with a passion. . . something there I can’t say where comes to breach the heretofore perceived wide chasm. . . stillness meets movement heats cold tingles. . . crucial things carve panoramic … Continue reading →

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SOMETIMES GOD IS GOOD

Posted on February 27, 2014 by elainedanforth

Sometimes God is good. . . and even merciful. . . after a hefty dose of grilling in a crucible, to test one’s mettle, and one’s faithfulness, and the lens color of those world-peeping specs. . . We’ve yet to … Continue reading →

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SLEEPY HEAT

Posted on May 2, 2013 by elainedanforth

sleepy heat. . . the sun pounds its tirade. . . even in the shade. . . surrender– part and parcel of how one can fend here. . . accept the penetrate effect of all the rays. . . move … Continue reading →

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THE LEGACY OF THE ICE AGE

Posted on March 8, 2013 by elainedanforth

The question to be settled– Just exactly what’s the mettle of a creature tropical re-lo’d to northern level, where once dwelled the glaciers, blue, colossal that glared with the reflection of the chillest sunny glints? The answer soon comes to … Continue reading →

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