Weather Conditions was one of the 20 winning poems selected by The Poetry Archive for the Poetry Archive Now! Wordview 2020 Collection. You can watch a video of my reading here and all the other winning poems here. The latest version of the poem is below.
Weather Conditions
Day break, and fog brain searchlights for
reasons not to wake up just yet; stay well
asleep; head under cover a little longer.
I find no good excuses. Today, my big
brother arrives from England and I’m due
to pick him up. It’s the first time he’ll visit
since our Cat 5 hurricane and ironically, I
stayed up late last night to track the storm
blowing England unstable; jeopardising
flights. Apocalyptic 2020 finds us all dazed
and real living a sci-fi movie—one we did
not script—well at least not consciously.
The world seems precariously unpredictable
these days—or has it always been this way?
I know nothing for sure anymore; fake news
has me blurry eyed and forever questioning;
deciphering realistic reel from real but surreal.
Currently the rain this side of the Atlantic is torrential.
Unusual this time of year. Normally I would joke-blame
my brother for dragging his depressed weather system
over here, along with his heavy baggage. But I don’t
feel his gloom precipitated these showers. Time to go.
Lately there are more reckless drivers so I drive slow;
press brakes more often down precipitous mountain
roads. Mist mood is lifting, so is the low cloud. I am
longing to see my brother. I hope we’re all on time.
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