National Poetry Month — Haiku 21

Just yesterday I was going on and on to everyone I know about our stellar spring.
About getting a good hit of vitamin D by day and slipping into jeans at night.
About the once-a-week rain.
About the frequent temps-in-the-70s.
About how this is the whole point of living in Austin, Texas.

Ahem.

Today it was like 94, my friends.
Ninety-four.

Haiku 21

relentless sunshine
already white-hot by noon;
clever coon’s asleep

— Liz Garton Scanlon
    04/21/2009

18 Responses to “National Poetry Month — Haiku 21”

  1. Anonymous

    Tanita Says 🙂

    I heard it was 93 in San Francisco on Sunday. I was scared.
    I’m with the raccoon. That’s staying INSIDE weather, at least between 10-3.

  2. kristydempsey

    Oh my. I think I’d like Austin. But I might fret the humidity. What are summers like? (We have warm temps where we are in Brazil, but little humidity, which makes it *almost* always pleasant.

    • liz_scanlon

      The summers are HOT but not wildly humid, as compared to say Houston or New Orleans where you actually have to wring out the air before you breathe it…

  3. kymbrunner

    Send the heat to Chicago. Miserable and 40s still. 94 sounds wonderful as I sit here with a blanket wrapped around my feet and the heat on in the house. (Of course, once 94 gets here I’ll want to send it right back.)

    • liz_scanlon

      You guys have had a heckuva winter up there!! My family’s in Wisconsin and they’re coming down here to warm up. But then, we flee north in July. So. Go figure.

  4. kellyrfineman

    94? Wowza!

    It’s going to the mid-80s here this weekend, although I’ll be in New England, so I don’t expect to experience that sort of temperature.

  5. susanwrites

    LOL mid 80s warm enough 94 unacceptable.

    I am such a hot air wimp and I am very grateful for the AC. I’d jump out a window without it.