“A violent windstorm the night before the solstice
Jim Harrison Solstice Litany
What quarrel has the moon with the sun?
What angst has the wind with the ocean?
What battle has the land with the sea?
We don’t know the conversations
that take place beyond the ozone layer
but we saw that windstorm the night before solstice
and we know that seasons change…don’t we?
©Vivian Zems
Smell The Coffee 
June 25, 2018 at 10:56 am
Nicely done. I like the hint of personification, and the final question hanging in the air. it also made me think of the way children pick up arguments between parents even when the actual argument is hidden from them. We are more sensitive than we realise.
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June 25, 2018 at 5:52 pm
Thank you Sarah 😊
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June 25, 2018 at 12:09 pm
Vivian this is just brilliance!!! My hat is off to you! I love how the way you wrote this leaves the impossibility for anyone to argue with it! You outdid yourself! (clapping hands) ❤
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June 25, 2018 at 5:50 pm
Thanks Deborah😊😊
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June 25, 2018 at 2:10 pm
Provacative! I really like the first line, like battling gods in the sky, creating the tempests down below.
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June 25, 2018 at 5:50 pm
Thank you 😊
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June 25, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Yes, they do. And we continue to change, too.
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June 25, 2018 at 5:48 pm
Indeed!
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June 25, 2018 at 6:56 pm
Glad to see y’all are carrying on with 28 Days!
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June 25, 2018 at 6:57 pm
Oh my days! What happened to you? I thought aliens had got you! U ok???
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June 25, 2018 at 6:59 pm
Been fighting battles; miss y’all.
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June 25, 2018 at 7:00 pm
We really did miss you! Make sure you win!💪🏽
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June 25, 2018 at 7:15 pm
the tempestuous nature of nature so succinctly put in words – these lines have such impact:
“We don’t know the conversations
that take place beyond the ozone layer”
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June 25, 2018 at 7:22 pm
Thanks Laura!
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June 26, 2018 at 2:12 pm
I like the way you have posed your questions about nature.. we are ever at its mercy and blessed by it in turn.
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June 26, 2018 at 7:53 pm
Great insight, Kerry! Thank you 😊
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June 26, 2018 at 2:43 pm
Liked this one.Yes – , seasons, people, things change.!
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June 26, 2018 at 7:52 pm
Thank you 😊… and yes, absolutely!
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June 26, 2018 at 3:07 pm
We certainly know they change. And sometimes, they get moody. So, perhaps, they quarrel too.
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June 26, 2018 at 7:51 pm
Perhaps….😉
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June 26, 2018 at 6:54 pm
How much do we really know anyway? Nicely penned. 🙂
-HA
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June 26, 2018 at 7:48 pm
Thank you 😊
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June 26, 2018 at 7:59 pm
It is good to contemplate the conversations beyond the ozone layer, given we are at the mercy of its shifting energies. Loved this poem.
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June 26, 2018 at 8:35 pm
Love the questions about the contrasts… sometimes i just want to say that it’s the contrasts that make it…
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June 26, 2018 at 8:56 pm
Thank you 😊
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June 26, 2018 at 9:32 pm
Yes, seasons change, whether we like it or not. I like the beginning, like the old gods of Ocean, like the storms I remember as a child. Well done.
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June 26, 2018 at 11:24 pm
Thanks Toni
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June 27, 2018 at 12:33 am
Love how you have given nature life with a true voice, and yes seasons change, and so do we. Love this Vivian!
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June 28, 2018 at 10:41 am
Seasons… like us, love it! Thank you 😊
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June 27, 2018 at 12:57 am
An awesome display of juxtapostitions! 🙂
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June 28, 2018 at 10:40 am
Thank you 😊
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June 28, 2018 at 1:05 pm
😇
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June 27, 2018 at 2:11 am
Life is a struggle whether we are a creature or not, nothing ever stays the same for animate or not we are constantly changing with for everythings days are numbered. This is a great poem of understanding Vivian.
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June 28, 2018 at 10:40 am
Thank you for your great insight 😊
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June 27, 2018 at 6:05 am
Yes,nothing is permanent and we have to sometimes let go of things and omve ahead.
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June 28, 2018 at 10:38 am
Indeed we do😊
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June 27, 2018 at 12:51 pm
This is incredibly powerful! 💜 Seasons are like people.. they too go through change and have mood swings. 💜
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June 27, 2018 at 5:13 pm
This is incredibly potent. Seasons are like people.. they too go through change and experience mood swings.. 💜
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June 28, 2018 at 8:45 pm
Such a splendid opening line to a beautifully thought-provoking poem, Viv!💞 Seasons are like people, they go through cycles of change and experience mood swings.
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June 30, 2018 at 7:33 am
Thanks Sanaa!
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