Friday, January 31, 2020

Lotta Shakes, We're Stuck In The Wedge

When High pressure is to our north
The cold air wedge comes forth
Clouds & gloom, cold on the ground
While just south, rain is all around
We might get a little shower
In an evening hour
And, perhaps over night
By Saturday, outta sight
Maybe sun on the namesake day
Before another warm-up comes our way
January: above average rain & warm
Setting stage for spring insect swarm?
Just another bonus on a warming world
Rising seas & insect swarms unfurled
A new epoch begins
Today On Earth

Planet with another shaky day
74 quakes, energy, every which way
11 so far at/above magnitude 5
Caribbean doing aftershock jive
Entire Pacific ring on the move
Stuffing seafloor into trench/groove
Peru to Alaska, Kurils & Japan
Philippines, Indonesia & PNG
Tonga, Solomon & New Zealand
Mostly ubiquitous shaking to see
Today/Everyday On Earth

In the night sky
Venus so bright & high
As Moon just slides away
Mercury coming back to play
Mars high & Jupiter low
At dawn, before sun show
Jupiter bright, Mars dim
Saturn above sun, slim
Early February, 5 planets in view
3 pre-dawn, at sunset, 2
Check it out
With bright winter stars about
If ya got clear skies
Gaze upward with you eyes
Could be spectacular
Today On Earth!

Can you spot Venus in pic?

Little spot just above and left of lit tree!!
Val d'Isere, France

Thursday, January 30, 2020

A Similar Day.. With Change

The Earth takes another spin
Hope you have shared a grin
Here, similar to yesterday
But, different, too, have to say
Clouds cleared out for the night
But, came on back, blocking sunlight
Clear nights allow temp to drop
Clouds, for solar heating: a stop
So, the wood stove burns on & on
Wishing the clouds'd move along
But, ain't nothing I can do
Cut up another tree or two...
Watch the birds, take a nap
Ignore the constant DeeCee yap
Hope coronavirus stays away
Or that in China it will stay
 It's the country Earth would get back
For all endangered species attack
Tigers, rhinos, elephant ivory
Rape & pilage for all to see
But, Earth don't care, keeps a'spinning
Long term, planet will be winning
Every Day On Earth

Lot of quakes, offshore of Greece
Pressures build, then they release
Indonesia & Acapulco, Mexico
Felt ground moving to & fro
Hawai'i still with little shakes
But, still no eruption lava makes
🌋
Taal still simmers in Philippines
Iceland's Reykjanes making a scene?
18 mountains 'round the world
Giving ash & lava a swirl
Pretty obvious warning: stay away
I could go big any ole day
Etna still with big eruptive show
Galapagos's Fernandina gonna blow?
Western Ring wins again this week
If active volcanoes you happen to seek

I choose calmer eye treats
Forest views, moss under feets
Moon & planets in the sky
🌒
After darkness has drawn nigh
But, even with the air on chill
Get on out, always a thrill
So lucky to just step outside
To take a calming woodland glide
With another spin, more change to see
In a new spot, we'll all be
Cruising almost million miles/day
As in sun's orbit we're gonna stay
Here, how'd a spider just appear?
On table, from where unclear
OK if they stay out of the way
If not, big swatter will come to play
Seeeeeeeeya spider
Today On Earth


The Eye of the Needle
A Limestone Arch

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Big Caribbean Quake!!

Pressure along the plate boundary
'Tween Caribbean & N. American
Was yesterday set free
With a magnitude of 7.7
One might have thought
It was tsunami heaven
But, was along a strike/slip fault
So energy was released laterally
Kinda like Earth reset to default
Lots of folks likely felt the quake
And wondered what's going on
But, no damage & no life did it take
Elsewhere from Greece to Tajikistan
Bay of Bengal over to PNG
Quakes are roiling, basic Earth plan
From China, corona-virus cases grow
What! rhino horn treatment didn't work
Sino evil & cluelessness on show
They don't care if few 100 die
Got a billion in reserve
And, computer malware set on spy
Playing our prez like a bass drum
With rest of evil dictator club
Know Punk'n Head prez, is so dumb
Few republican spines are growing
If witnesses do testify
Guilty! truth we'll all be knowing
Today On Earth

Mont Blanc with cap!!

Cool & hazy here today
Storm making a southern play
Missing us with the rain
With the clouds, little solar gain
I'm still catching up on sleep
From snoring nightmare beyond deep
Skiing was good, fun was had
But, no sleep, that was bad
Moon, Venus, spectacular still
Jupiter shines in morning chill
Special stuff on or off the Earth
Reminds us what this life is worth
Everything!
It's all there is
It ain't perfect
But, still got that zing!!
Get out and wander
Take a stroll
You'll be glad you did
Today On Earth!!





Tuesday, January 28, 2020

TOE Returns, Earth & Space Still Dazzle

On a recent reminder, how big Earth is
Quarter way around for some skiing biz
To try & describe the Alps with a word
Is pointless, ludicrous, even absurd
From the valley they dominate any view
From chair or piste, rocks tossed up, new
Here, mountains weathered, round & old
There, jagged, twisted, exposed & bold
Massive sinkholes in the limey karst
A wrong turn, and a skier is lost
Chairs & gondolas, far as you can see
Ski to Switzerland or on to Italy



Then to arrive home, to our piedmont
With views any would want
Last night's Venus above Moon
A delightful little eye tune
They'll be together again tonight
Hope my clouds clear for the sight


Middle East pretty shaky today
Still aftershocks coming Turkey's way
After recent 6.7 quake
Also, Greece & Iran on the shake
Most of other action around the ring
Just Earth into tectonic thing
Hang On, never quite know
Next shake or mountain to blow
But, winter still average to mild
Just global warming slowly going wild
Saw Alpine valleys, glaciers gone
Saw a few, still hanging on
But, snow and cold slow to come
For a skier, a growing major bum

But, needed a break from the mess
Impeachment, daily we expect less
Less truth, fortitude, won't do their job
Still support prez, the idiot nob
Show us the evidence: he confessed!
Extorsion, bribery, corruption all ok
It's what Punk'n Head does every day
Changing rules to increase pollution
Ignore reality, seek no solution
Still planet spins, caring not
Whether ice age or super hot
Chinese nightmare diseases spread
But, news: rich baller dead
Only fix, rights & power to women
So not in human cesspool swimmin'
Reduce, reuse, recycle our mess
Human reproduction, have way less!!
Today On Earth









Thursday, January 16, 2020

One Last Warm Day, Punk'n Head Impeached!!

Sun is back, so is the wind
Giving leaves a toss, trees a bend
But, big ole mass of cold
Is about to take hold
Today, only along northern border
Soon will create winter disorder
Then it's going to get frigid
Water looking to get rigid
January started mild
Will finish frozen & wild
Puerto Rico still warm & shaking
Frayed local nerves not faking
3 dozen more quakes today
At least under mag 4, less sway
Usual zones giving quakes a go
🌋
17 mountains looking to blow
Taal ash falling 50 miles away
Popo eruptions/belches 100's a day
Krakatoa still quite alive
Galapagos's Fernadina on revive
Rest of list, the usual crowd
With White Island still getting loud
But, Taal still the one to watch
Cuz, the whole planet it could botch!!
🌗
Waning moon closing on last quarter
Venus still quite the sunlight sorter
Winter constellations rule the night
With colorful stars so bright
Still no doubt
Ya gotta go out
Today On Earth

It's official, etched in history
Impeached prez we now see
To world, so obviously guilty
Treason: guilty! should never be free
In the Senate, it's backbone time
Or just more denying slime
Will taking impartiality oath
Lead to vertebral growth
Some will just continue the lie
Prez's cronies will continue to spy
Status Quo & greed, their only plan
Can you say, republican
Get their guns out, make their threats
2nd amendment fascists, you bet
Every day another 100 die
In USA,  "saving" bullets still fly
Gun only saves a life if it takes another
Hopefully not your brother..mother
Today On Earth

TOE back later this month...
Behave!!
Stay safe!!

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Fog, Clouds, Yuck, Linger..

Some of densest fog I've ever seen
Virtually, no visibility was the scene
Last night till almost noon today
And, clouds still won't go away
GROSS!!
Offshore Puerto Rico, another 5.2 quake
Argentina, Peru & Mexico, each 5+ shake
Philippine's Taal in minor volcanic break
Waiting for major eruption to make
NIGHTMARE!!
Sun finally breaking through
Buzzard cruising by, too
At least in 50's, above the norm
Last warm before frigid storm
JANUARY!!
Above Earth, satellite numbers on rise
Take dark sky photo, get a surprise
SpaceX satellite cruising through
Thousands more are coming, too
THOUSANDS!!
Nancy P. with impeachment delivery
Now we are going to see
Senate: oath they will be impartial
Will balls & backbones they marshal?
HISTORY!!
WE'LL SEE!!
And, Dems continue to debate
For true leader we still wait
Any gets my vote any day
Cuz, Punk'n Head gotta go away
LIES & CHAOS
Back to packing for the ski
Alpine peaks going to see
What does Earth have in store?
Soon will close TOE door..
For a few..
Enjoy every rotation
Today & Everyday On Earth



Tuesday, January 14, 2020

On The Gloomy Side

Early rain, now drizzle & grey
Stalled front won't go away
With NE wedge locked in place
Today's gloom is in your face
Kind of a gentle, cooling facial
From a front, its movement glacial
Waaaaay more in your face
As the Philippines brace
🌋
Taal volcano, about to blow
First, volcanic lightning, what a show
Now they brace for the big blast
When will it come, how long to last
Half a million trying to get out
Gonna go, seems little doubt
If just island blows, will be bad
If lake/caldera, we'll all be sad
When Pinatubo blew in 1991
Lot of dust, blocked the sun
Cooled Earth for couple of years
But, 200 years since worldwide fears
Creating years with no summer
Today; be a much bigger bummer
Like on central S. American coast
Getting quite the earthquake toast
Japan with couple of 5+ quakes
Puerto Rico still go the shakes
Here the gloom is getting thicker
What to wear, a towel or slicker
How long stuck in this cloud?
Can hear couch cry "nap" out loud
Got a quick Venus look yesterday
Today, treetops almost gone away
Forecast: winter to return soon
Starting Friday with 3/4 moon
🌗
Chance of snow & ice Saturday
Hope that don't get in the way
Of my coming trip to France
To do the big ole ski dance
Alas, Earth will do what it does
I'll adapt, just because
Those are the rules & I know!
And, ya can't ski without no snow
Today On Earth







Monday, January 13, 2020

Cool Side, Shaky Side

Most of Va is on the cool side
Of the front that did the slide
Through, then did a stall
Soon, will do the crawl
Back north with perhaps a shower
But, its energy & power
Has mostly fizzled away
Except in NC & down bayou way
Still got rain, chance of a storm
Just another day, now's new norm
Puerto Rico still got the shakes
With half of today's earthquakes
Biggest at mag. 4.5, but still
Every aftershock, a local chill
We know, we remember
8/23/2011, into September
When Earth shakes, no where to hide
Hunker down or rush outside
Quake, bush fire, or tornado
Winter warmth or blizzard, volcano
Big ole planet, still in charge
Any moment it could barge
Into your world or mine
Still fools convinced, all is fine
It is not, and we are not on it
We can deny, Earth don't give a ....

🌖
Waning moon will light clouds tonight
Casting that eerie, ethereal light
Not too cold to wander outside
I know, winter, & many tend to hide
Still an fine planet out there
Happy to share
Get out, see what you can see
Better than staring at phone or TV
Today On Earth 





Sunday, January 12, 2020

A Lovely Spring Day; January 12th

It's 66 degrees outside; 12th of January
Weather rules & norms, looking blurry
Tornadoes south, northern ice & snow
Just another average monster Low
While worldwide diplomacy's gone away
World is much less safe every day
Punk'n Head prez & lackeys, more spin
Exquisite lies told on evidence so thin
Trust in US fades every day
As one time allies look away
When will next terror attack occur
It's coming, of that we can be sure
And, we know prez won't take blame
More excuses & lies, he has no shame
The real sadness, prez has no clue
No plan or insight into what he'll do
Deflect, divert, appease his base
In the spotlight keep his face
Narcissistic, misogynistic, lying pig
While into a bigger hole we dig
Ignoring the issues that are real
As over population, climate change steal
The future from generations to come
With all the lies we have grown numb
Still, everyday more people die
Everyday, the prez, another lie
Everyday now, Puerto Rico shakes
Who knows what that fix will take
After hurricanes could have shown
How much solar energy has grown
But, needed foresight & a plan
That's not coming from a republican
Status quo
Quid pro quo
That's all that they know
What's next stupidity they'll show
Coming soon
Today On Earth


  


Saturday, January 11, 2020

Wildness Continues!

Puerto Rico with more big quakes
Southern tornadoes: building pancakes
Here it's almost 70 degrees
Later could be crashing trees
Powerhouse storm marches east
Looking for trailers to feast
Back of the front, lots of snow
Along squall line, big ole blow
Two quakes at 5.2, one 5.9
Puerto Rico, all is not fine
Earth getting wild on Saturday
Planet always with last say
30 degrees change across squall line
Later we will hear wind whine
Be no sky viewing tonight
Hunker down, out of sight
Sometimes ya just got to hide away
That would be, On Earth Today

Friday, January 10, 2020

Forecast: Southern Tornadoes!!

Two air masses are about to clash
Result: tornadoes will leave a gash
Across Texas today
Then deep South Saturday
Austin is 70, Lubbock is 40 degrees
And there just ain't no trees
To slow formation of wild wind
Can hear the trailers starting to bend..
Here in piedmont VA
Northern wedge still in play
Southern air wants to arrive
Northern High says no jive!
We will get rain tomorrow late
Storms will stay in southern states
And, ski season will get another break
Cuz, new snow, warmth will take
Across Australia fires still rage
Still they won't close the coal page
Still our planet just don't care
If we add more CO2 to the air
Earth don't care if it's cold or hot
Does what it does with what it's got
While we proceed
With growth & greed
Continue to overbreed
And ignore basic needs
Chaos & catastrophes loom
With no handle on population boom
Lemmings follow Punk'n Head prez
Believing every lie that he says
First airliner shot down
Denial & blame all around
If Obama did it, he's gonna undo
No matter who it's gonna screw
Still no shame or rational plan
More & more clueless; republican!
While Puerto Rico continues to shake
Homes, infrastructure continue to break
Usual quakes all around Pacific rim
Biggest plate gets another trim
Moon behind Earth from the sun
Full: this afternoon at 2:21
Close to level so penumbral eclipse
Barely into Earth's shadow it slips
Moon getting close to perigee
Coastal, tidal flooding we will see
Ice is melting, up sea level goes
Higher sea walls what we propose
Or use what we already know
To make Dominion & Exxon go
Bankrupt!!
A minor disrupt
With few solar rooftop installations
Better world for future generations
Gonna have to adapt
Or get Earth zapped
Tornadoes in January
Should make us a little wary..
No one stepping up to lead
So, humans will continue to bleed
Republican solution, everyone has a gun
Doesn't that sound safer and fun?
IDTS!!
I don't think so
Today On Earth




Thursday, January 9, 2020

One More Winter Then...Springlike

20 degrees was quite the chilly start
But, today will be the last cold dart
Thrown at the southeast for awhile
With warm then wet air about to pile
All along the eastern seaboard
More warming planet discord
Get used to it
Puerto Rico is still shaking bad
Homes damaged, power out, sad..
Knowing no help is going to come
From a prez, going to call them scum
As he tweets all is calm back to norm
Too stupid to see the coming storm
After he kicked the hornet's nest
Got no clue what is best
Still no shame, still no plan
Still, just a basic republican
I'm just hoping we don't soon see
World War III

Smithsonian volcano site seems shut
Unless you are a microsoft slut
Worked earlier today
Now, seems to have gone away
With microsoft crap, probably hacked
Like from Iran, we're being attacked..
It's coming..
Punk'n Head be bumming
Just make up a new excuse
Tell the truth! For that, he got no use..

5 Indonesian volcanoes blasting
That's pretty everlasting
3 on Kamchatka, 3 on Japan
Still alive on White Island
PNG & Alaska, too
Still got lava coming through
Eastern Siberia with a big shake
6.3 will make things break
But, ain't nobody living up there
Maybe stirred a slumbering bear
Moon a day away from full
And, strong tidal pull
Last Sunday, Earth at perihelion
Day we're closest to the sun
Latest sunrise, twilight this week
If extra shut eye you seek
Just got word, about volcano fix
Some gov. workers got good tricks
Just not at White house...
There, still we got a louse
Bundle up, get yourself out
Moon, Venus, gorgeous! No doubt
Today On Earth





Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Sun, Snow, Sun & Puerto Rico Shakes

With magnitude 5.8, 6.4 & 5.6 quakes
Puerto Rico has really got the shakes
In VA, winter has made a return
Cold sun, then snow, now sun in turn
Forecast: cold may not last long
With a warm weekend coming along
Such it is on a warming world
More warm & cold temps are swirled
But, 2 days of skiing sure was fun
One in blowing snow, one in sun
While USGS thinks all is ok
400+ quakes down PR way
Trenches on both sides of island?
Is leading to all those quakes compilin'
Got to be some magma down deep
Pressuring all that rock to creep
Guess we'll see what happens next
Will lava the seafloor transect?
Full Wolf moon this Friday
Tonight big gibbous one on display
Full moon will bring partial eclipse
As into penumbra moon it slips
But only eastern hemisphere will see
And, not too exciting will it be
But, Venus, love goddess, still so bright
Bet right now I can see that sight
But, only if I shut this down
And, get my dog out on the town
The forest town that is
We need a walk, take care of biz
So, back mañana with volcano news
Get out too, you should choose
Today On Earth


Sunday, January 5, 2020

A Little More Winter-like

Front is thru, storm is gone
Winter has come back along
So has the sun, clouds are thin
Little wait, then change again
Heading off to West VA
For a little snowy play
Be no TOE 'til mid-week
As pre-France turns we seek
Hope there is no war by then
Prez no clue what he's done again
Make's a move, then gives a spin
Still hard to believe he did win
Earth still quaking, it don't care
Little bit of everywhere
South of Iceland & deep in the Congo
Iwo Jima & Philippines, 5.8 in Mexico
Most are along plate boundaries
On continents & underseas
Venus should be sweet tonight
Gibbous moon really getting bright
Check it out, night or day
Today On Earth

Saturday, January 4, 2020

January Salamanders - It's Warm!

Spotted a salamander on path today
No doubt out looking to play
Hope his home is not far away
Cause winter has much more to say
Once today's cold front slides on thru
Winter temps will return anew
With a bracing NW breeze
And, West Va. snow, oh please!!
🎿
🌤
Sun is trying to bust thru clouds
As I continue to laugh out loud
Walking with Bill Bryson
On Appalachian Trail, enticing
But, end to end, that's crazy
Just ain't no way I see
But his, A Walk In The Woods
Required read, if you think you could
😅
I do walk in woods everyday
But, 50 lb pack, no way
Maybe for a few days & miles
But, way more pain than smiles

No big quake pains today
Back to pretty normal day
S. of Puerto Rico still in sway
Near volcano down New Zealand way
But, that's the only one above 5
Be more, planet still alive

Gibbous moon still growing
We'll see what clouds are showing
Bright stars of winter quite a sight
Rising in East in fading twilight
Venus still the beacon in the west
This orbit, close to the best
Check it out while you can
Don't know if WWIII has began
Another Punk'n Head dumbass move
Senate so needs to remove
Again; prez creates a problem
Then pretends to fixes them
Got out of Iran nuclear deal
But, now, blowing up people is real
Blowing smoke like he's a bad ass
But, Iranian terror will come to pass
Who will he try to blame then
No clue or shame, again
Pussy Ass Bitch
Fat lips all a'twitch
Soon Lindsey only head up his butt
Prez's South Carolina slut
Easy up a butt to climb
When you got no balls or spine
Hang on folks, gonna hit the fan
Got no shame, got no plan
You are a republican!
Thanks Donnie, so not the man
Scary stuff for humanity
Ain't no place it's safe to be
Today On Earth

Friday, January 3, 2020

Big Ole Fetch Of Rain!!

It's Jan. 3rd, 53 degrees with rain
Southern rain, does that explain
On a planet warming by the day
Big glob of water headed our way
Slurped out of the Gulf of Mexico
Now east coast rain, anywhere ya go
Even rain up in New England
Deep South, thunder storms minglin'
🌩
Not a happy skier's forecast
How long will warm last?
Little chill down come Sunday
Before more warm heads our way
Global warming, it is real
CO2 traps heat, that's the deal
Australia still burning the coal
Wildfires still out of control
🔥🚒
Ostrich don't bury their heads in sand
Surely can't be said of man
Prime minister still giving the spin
Need coal to make our economy win
Fires & drought, no coal link!?!
Really! That's really what you think
Deny there's a link, you're a dumbass
Cuz this warming is going to last
And, last and last and last and last
Easily 'til this CENTURY is passed
We will change, will need to adapt
But, this CENTURY is zapped
Warmer & warmer, storms & drought
Scientist agree, there's little doubt
And if science you don't believe
Of your phone, should be relieved
Because that's science, it is real
Unlike the "believers" trying to steal
Your money, your soul, your life
Just believe, you'll have no strife
And, yet we all do
Today On Earth

Half the quakes, rocks goin' freak'o
Today, are just south of Puerto Rico
Only 20 or so on rest of world
But, more pressure soon unfurled
And, the ring will be shaking again
Escaping heat is going to win..
Just hope it's not magma rising
But, really wouldn't be surprising
🌋
Puerto Rico's part on an island arc
So, if on a volcano you park
Expect an occasional eruption
That's the way of island construction
Today On Earth:)

Moon is slipping into gibbous phase
🌔
While Venus is still a'blaze
Don't think I'll see either tonight
Clouds muffling any sky sight
But, moon will make clouds bright
So, your Friday becomes a delight
Tis my hope
Today On Earth

Thursday, January 2, 2020

Wait Not, Change Comes!

Everyday is different & new
Just waiting for today's new you
Earth rules, with which we deal
Not concerned with how you feel
We await a giant mass of rain
That mostly bypassed the plains
The southern jet stream is kickin'
Giving Dixie a good, wet lickin'
Clouds thickening ahead of storm
And, crazy; it's gonna be warm
From Pacific across Mexico
Northern jet currently a no show
Bet that will change
And, 70 in January not that strange
Here in the Old Dominion
Better than -10... in my opinion
Course, we really have no choice
Earth will have the last voice
Everyday

Another rocking earthquake day
Over 50 slips putting rock on sway
Quite a few above magnitude 5
California seems to be coming alive
But Indo-Aussie Pacific boundary
Still where the most shaking be
Small uptick on volcano list
Several back we've recently missed
Krakatoa, Etna & Stromboli
But, White Island I don't see
Saunder in S. Sandwich Isle
Stirred up after a long while?
Hard to tell it's so remote
But, now getting active vote
With new looks from satellite
Maybe been active just not in sight
Aleutians, Kamchatka, Japan, Indonesia
Each 2 or 3 mountains with seizures
And, Sabancaya in Peru
8 daily eruptions blasting thru
Alert there remains near high
Long as stuff blasting into sky
Just our planet doing its thing
Life on Earth comes with a zing!!
🌓
Moon near 1st quarter, Venus so bright
Tonight, here, clouds'll block that sight
Today's solar heating done
With the now blocked sun
But, all is good
Got sunlight stored in wood
Hear some dog ears a'flapping
Guess he's done with napping
But, after an early rising
I am surmising
A nap sounds mighty fine
Mighty fine!!
Today On Earth

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Inspirations Of New Year's Day

New Year's Day🎉
Has a way
Of making people say
The craziest things!
Gonna lose weight
Learn Japanese
Be nicer to those that grate
Be more likely to please
But, most resolutions fade
As into the year we wade
Because life is still here
Full of both woe & cheer
Life often changes our dreams
At least to me it seems
As the constant day to day
Makes it harder to get out & play
That reality crowds into the way
Of life on Earth today
Still...
The dream of retirement is real
To take a nap, don't need to steal
Away a moment or feel guilty
About the couch calling me
So, this first day of 2020
Take a nap, on me...

While for Earth, new year's no matter
Cause the atmosphere will still scatter
Sunlight all about
In Australia, fires from drought
Here, sunny, average-ish with a breeze
Out west, storm to make drivers seize
But, for skiers, sure to please
Here Friday for rain release
No quakes today above 5.4
South of Puerto Rico, still lots more
But none that should cause concern
Just now, 5.0, it's Chile's turn
Pacific plate edge, both north & south
Rock headed back into Earth's mouth
Subduction, rock cycle unending
Mid-ocean ridges, new rock sending
While for rock somewhat old
And, on seafloor somewhat cold
It's into a trench ya go
Soon, Earth-wise, new volcano show

Red-Bellied woodpecker on the suet
That chirping bird is going to it
Other feathered monsters eating seed
Wanna watch 'em, ya gotta feed
But, nightly sky show is free
Step outside it's easy to see
Growing crescent & Venus, too
Later Milky Way coming through
Orion rising higher in the East
Inside Winter Hexagon, nice eye feast
But, ya got to go outside
Check the sky, it's far & wide
Now a Downey's on the suet
While Nuthatches pitch a fit
Bluebirds got their house staked out
Noisy Wren hopping all about
It's bird city here on New Year's Day
And, they've alway got something to say
Hope that's the only tweet I hear
Into this hopeful new year
Ignore the prez, just turn away
He ain't got nothing good to say
But, I hope you do, today
Share a smile, get out & play
Hope for peace & good cheer
Heading into this New Year
Today & everyday, On Earth