Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WEATHER WISDOM, by VIVIAN HEYERDAHL


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WEATHER WISDOM, by                    
First Line: The day has a secret it warily keeps
Last Line: Winking obscenly, finger to mouth.
Subject(s): Wind


The day has a secret it warily keeps
Hugged to its bosom in fog and rain,
Like a hag with a filthy bundle and cane
Who shuffles at corners and vacantly weeps.

None of the clumsy pryings of man --
Barometer, or neat device,
Finger in wind, or vane -- suffice
To prophesy what morning began.

Whether the wind will veer to south
Or howl from northward, nobody knows
Save the loony hag in rain-soaked clothes,
Winking obscenly, finger to mouth.





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