Category: #AtoZChallenge
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17 April: A-to-Z Challenge
N is for Northern Lights (aurora borealis) The north sky bends in waves.Silent fireworks. Cotton bloom.A thoughtful mood, its curtainhangs above homeless snow. It’s candy-colour butterfly weather, and the air’s filled with praise. For A-Z Challenge. Northern Lights: Common name for Aurora Borealis; the luminous, radiant emission from the upper atmosphere over middle and high…
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15 April: A-to-Z Challenge
M is for Magnetic Storm Starlings on a length of winda far off thunder under their wingsis pulled into confusion. It’s erotic prose weather, but she’s thinking sausage rolls. For A-Z Challenge. Magnetic Storm: a geomagnetic and/or cosmic storm associated with a solar flare. Written for the A-to-Z Challenge. Declared theme for the challenge is…
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14 April: A-to-Z Challenge
L is for Lightning From a hearth of seared lightattuned to bare stoney earth,from the sky’s broken edgeit speaks from another world. It’s obscure words weather, like amicy. For A-Z Challenge. Lightning: (abbrev. LTNG) A visible electrical discharge produced by a thunderstorm. The discharge may occur within or between clouds, between the cloud and air,…
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12 April: A-to-Z Challenge
J is for Jet Stream It’s a waterfallthat can’t curb its own speed.A proper wound up jolt.It’s the duty of wind. It’s kites in the sky weather, like semaphores. For A-Z Challenge. Jet Stream: strong winds concentrated in a narrow stream in the atmosphere, normally referring to horizontal, high-altitude winds. Written for the A-to-Z Challenge.…
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11 April: A-to-Z Challenge
I is for Inversion In a jar, a smoky dusty scentCharred notes of black pepperand weathered ash.We’ve put the lid on. It’s writing on the wall weather, wood smoke stings my nose. For A-Z Challenge. An Inversion: a departure from the usual increase or decrease in an atmospheric property with altitude. Specifically it almost always refers…
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10 April: A-to-Z Challenge
H is for a Heat Wave July’s a long heatwave.Prickly hot sweat.The air snapped and snarledas if itching to disconnect. It’s a rush of floral scent weather, and sunrise is a pretty blush For A-Z Challenge. Heat Wave: A period of abnormally and uncomfortably hot and unusually humid weather. Typically a heat wave lasts two or…
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8 April: A-to-Z Challenge
G is for Gusty A gusty sneeze. A push.A breeze. A thrown stone.A drum roll. An autumn leaf. It’s lay siege to petals weather,wind under a white egret wing. For A-Z Challenge. Gusty: A rapid fluctuation of wind speed with variations of 10 knots or more between peaks and lulls. Written for the A-to-Z Challenge.…
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7 April: A-to-Z Challenge
F is for Fractus Clouds Fractocumulus, a pretty breathof storm clouds that stretch outlike broken sleep. It’s a tear away,it’s a wind ringing church bells. It’s white as rough water weather,where blue is a gift to the sky. For A-Z Challenge. Fractocumulus: A cumulus cloud presenting a ragged, shredded appearance, as if torn. Written for…
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6 April: A-to-Z Challenge
E is for the Eye of a Hurricane It’s theatre. A curtain call.A wall of flat calm and an eyeinto heaven. Fury and deluge.Then silence, as air falls dead. It’s short shadow weather, and the wind does as it pleases. For A-Z Challenge. Eye of a Hurricane: The relatively calm center in a hurricane that…
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5 April: A-to-Z Challenge
D is for Dawn Light licks at the skyfrom the borders of dawnand mountains fill blue. It’s sun-bleached sheets on grass weather,and this slow day grows into nothing. For A-Z Challenge. Dawn: the time of morning at which the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon. At this time, there is enough light for objects…
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