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August Fairy-Tale Weather Poetry for Currently

Weather Poetry about Washington, DC

Adam Powers
Aug 28, 2021
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Hello, I’m doing more weather reports for Currently’s Washington, DC newsletter from my poetic climate lense. This week, you get the latest as a collective hero’s journey climate change fairytale. Here’s more about Currently:

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Once upon a week in August…

Monday, August 23rd, 2021

Once upon a Monday in Washington, DC

We’ll come upon our day: hot and partly cloudy

With slim afternoon shower chances to clear away

Knowing what’s coming, we’ll slay our Monday

Against little breeze and all the humidity we’ll face

High 90° / low 72° - have water outside and pace

A hot and steamy local/global tale we’ll weather

Not on one hero’s journey but all together

Braving each corner of the climate crisis that needs addressing

Against every fossil-fueled foe that needs cleansing

Facing a dragon the color of a code red for humanity

Decarbonizing in shining armor of solidarity

Tuesday, August 24th, 2021

Once upon a Tuesday in Washington, DC

It’ll be hot, mostly clear, and sunny

Through an afternoon and evening low of 80°

Sun grinning “What’s hot?” with little irony

With temperatures this week set to soar over 90°

This hot and sunny Summer Tuesday has me

Counting every Very Hot Day, but instead of despair

I try do something to renew, restore, repair,

And drink plenty of water, which should remind us

Our homes— like our bodies— need every nurturing kindness

Now, every clean kilowatt, every nth of a degree matters

Everything for every decarbonized day ever after

Wednesday, August 25th, 2021

Once upon a Wednesday in Washington, DC

We’ll get sunnier, hotter, and steamy

Swampland sweating, low 75° / high of 95°

In high humidity– it’s important to fortify

In this hot heat wield your shield (find shade)

As well your sword (drink water) will aide

Take breaks inside or out in the Enchanted Forest (Rock Creek Park)

Even into the mostly clear 80s evening cover-of-dark

Where our heat index curse is still creeping

With that calamitous climate crisis feeling

So pace yourself, take care of each other, and apply sunscreen

Journeying through your Wednesday in the Anthropocene

Thursday, August 26th, 2021

Once upon a Thursday in Washington, DC

One mid-90s, with scattered evening storms, and muggy

On a scale from One to Will-My-Shirt-Stick-To-Me?

Expect a dragonsfire-hot humidity

Possibly helped by south winds zephyring

With a 75° low / 95° high, stay treasuring

Take care of yourself and each other

Pace. Breathe. Take breaks. Drink water.

Like an epic fairytale we all get to tell

Thursday is ours to make what we will

So let’s go birth a better climate future from our wellspring

“We were born at exactly the right time to change everything”

Friday, August 27th, 2021

Once upon a Friday in Washington, DC

Hot with PM showers and storms, and sun early

With the glory of the weekend upon us near

Go ahead and raise your goblet in cheer

To errant District days, another 75° low / 95° high

Another Summer Very Hot Day above 90° to tally

Above our annual average, and expecting more

But there’s a more heroic future we can work towards

With climate-resilient communities for all, flourishing in Equity

On a grander adventure together for tomorrow, currently

Because Happy Endings don’t end Happily for anyone

Ever After– if not Happily for everyone.

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Photo of the Smithsonian Castle and Gardens off the National Mall in Washington, DC by Hester Qiang on Unsplash

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