The weather-sharp frowns as he surveys the sky,
observing the gunmetal clouds rolling in.
He sees no improvement when they have passed by,
for what lies beyond them is blacker than sin.
As black as the cold hearts of those who would claim
for them to succeed they must rule and oppress;
that life must be played like a zero-sum game,
and happiness comes through embracing excess.
The optimist claims where there's life, there is hope;
will the thunderclouds clear and the sky turn to blue?
For us to survive requires more than a trope;
the answer we need is a modified view.
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Author Notes
Today's word: weather-sharp (n.) a weather forecaster.
zero-sum game: a situation in which each participant's gain or loss of is the inverse of the losses or gains of the other participants.
trope: a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression.
My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.
Thanks for reading.
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