At dVerse Sanaa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem about August.
Of course August differs across the globe and I live in Australia (which has its own variations) so a great opportunity to say something of August from the south.
dVerse Poets – Poetics – Sometimes August Isn’t Recognised
“In our opinion August is not the best time to visit Australia ….” Weather & Climate
Enduring August August, yes you, you cold bastard, rattling loose my roof sheets, knocking down my fences, wounding my beloved trees, flooding my private spaces, leaving me sleepless, worried, stressed, heart pounding with every shrill screech of your forceful breath on my eaves and panes of fragile protection, I yearn for your end and pray for gentle spring, while enduring your bitter and splintered wintry grief. Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®️
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As winter howls there, we are baking in relentless summer heat. You await spring. I’m counting the days until autumn.
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That’s my memory of an earlier conversation we had, you like cooler weather?
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In general, yes, until the temps plunge below zero (lol!). I think my comfort zone continues to narrow as I age.
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You live between a different set of extremes, I’m not sure I’d cope with yours at all.
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That’s why I’m such a tough old bird!
Take care, Paul.
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Ha, you’ve adapted, you too Sandy.
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This one is humorous. I loved how you’ve apostrophised August without giving him any redeeming qualities. So different from what some Romantic poets did when they used the technique to address stars, etc.
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I can’t stay mad at nature for long, but August, meh, always brutal. Humour seemed the only way. thank you Nitin, very much appreciated response.
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👌👌👌✍️🌄
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Oh how I feel that “splintered wintry grief,”.. Paul! A poignant portrayal of the conditions being faced in Western Austrailia. Here’s hoping the coming days are easy on everyone. Thank you so much for adding your voice to the prompt ❤❤
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Thank you on both accounts, enjoyed getting into this one 🙂
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You’re welcome! ❤️❤️
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Oh how i love this one Paul.
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Thank you so much Mich.
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Your poem reminds me very much of November in my area of the world.
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Ah yes, I think we’ve compared before, and I think there’s a fit. I would change from living here, but a chunk of August is brutal here.
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I would like to join you, Paul and berate August…begone and never show your face again!
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Yes, if shout at it together maybe it will go, still awful here.
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Brrrrr… does not sound like fun at all! Great to get your perspective on August!
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Yes, the opposite of your inferno, but for us August is brutal, it takes no prisoners.
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Just before the cold and snow of September!?
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Such extremes you live in!
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This one is personal. Well done.
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It was sitting right there and poured out, amazing, thank you Ken.
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And thank you, Paul. That time was far too long, but it is well behind me.
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Glad to hear it.
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And here I was complaining about the 94° (F) temperatures! At least we have been relatively storm-free, and what storms we did get were welcome, for they cooled things down just a bit! I love your poem, Paul!
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34c equates, our average for summer. But this winter of ours is nowhere near like a northern freeze, but we are of course acclimatised to it and we feel it. Mostly though it is August that is the worst and brutal, thank you Jill.
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Wow … that’s your summer average? That’s hot! Our average is usually more like 26-28 C, occasionally, maybe 2-3 times a summer, rising to 32 c. Last winter, ours was unseasonably warm with only 3-4 measurable snowfalls as opposed to our normal 15 or so. We knew then we would be in for a hot summer. But still, the climate change deniers continue to deny. Keep warm, my friend!
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So many deniers here too, gah! Yes, keeping warm, but it never gets cold like where you are (unless you’re in Florida I guess), but we feel the cold we do have lol.
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Common on Paul you wrote about our August. Please have some mercy. I am sure it was just a mistake. Flood and landslides are taking all the space in our local newspaper.
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Ha, it seems to be everywhere then!
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At least in our part of Norway. Many countries are struggling with heat wave in Europe.
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Yes, been watching the comments across the net, much hotter these past six years.
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excellent, an august known to me.
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An acquired taste is August 🙂 Glad to have a journey friend who knows.
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“August, / yes you, you cold bastard,” – best opening ever!
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Wow, thank you so much for that.
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Many thanks
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..August here in cali is about 100 Fahrenheit 😆
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Ah, that is welcome for me, we won’t get to 100 until December here.
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Ana Daksina (the troubadour of verse) sent me your way.
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So true but it does herald the transition to spring
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True, but what a blustery winter we’ve had.
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