#NewThisDay Writing From My Photo Stream
Red Sky, Dawn
Red Dawn, Charles River Woods
“. . . the reddish glow of the morning or evening sky, caused by haze or clouds related to storms in the region. If the morning skies are red, it is because clear skies over the horizon to the east permit the sun to light the undersides of moisture-bearing clouds. ”
“Like a red morn that ever yet betokened,
Wreck to the seaman, tempest to the field,
Sorrow to the shepherds, woe unto the birds,
Gusts and foul flaws to herdmen and to herds.”
Charlie in the red river dawn on the Charles
In a cherry haze of sky
the dogs and I, we trample
lifeless grass – earth is
mud-soft and slopping – to shiver
here, on this dull and dazzling border
between old season and new/
between river, shore and treetops
where, we're keeping
a weather eye open
red sky is warning
of tempest to the field
Spring Storm, Charles River, Late Afternooon
All photos and text copyright Kelly DuMar 2017 unless otherwise attributed