"Anemoi" (wind gods- mythology)

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By Penny4athought

Sat, 01 Oct 2022
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Eurus owns the Eastern winds

And all the autumn colors

The Blazing trees

Gold and red

September’s

Artful nature

October nights

Shortened days

Through November’s

Thankful days

Boreas’s breath of ice and snow

Sends blizzards from the North

Blanketing December’s hope

Of Peace on earth

Good will towards man

January's chilling frost

Rings the New Year in

February firesides

Warms hearts

And Valentines

Zephuros moves the winds to west

Soft breezes kiss the earth

Gentle rains

Tender shoots

Fields of green

And Blossom’s bloom

Springs anew

April through June

Notus yawns with heated breath

Whipping from the south

Summer reigns o’er lazy days

warming sand and sea

Humid nights

Are Cricket’s delight

June, July and August

But September brings

Capricious winds

Wild seas

Of churning blue

Angry rains

To drench the lands

And

Births

Of

Hurricanes

  

 

 

 

 

Certificate 12
Poem
Nature

Comments

Submitted by onemorething on

Love it. Pleasing and charming. 

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

Thank you onemore,I appreciate your kind comment and thrilled you liked my little poem.smiley

 

Thanks Eds for the cherries- made my coffee sweeter.

Penny4athought

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Hope you are not touched by the hurricanes where you are? I had no idea about these wind names but you have described them so well. The last bit comes blasting! Was it an east wind that brought the terrible floods and storm surges? Anemoi sounds a bit like enemy, which must be how the wind seemed

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

No, thankfully Hurricane Ian came ashore much lower than our area in Florida and it stayed out in the Atlantic as it passed us too. We did get a lot of rain and high wind gusts but nothing damaging. I do feel for those in Myrtle Beach, Naples and Sanibel Island, they all were under the full weight of a cat 4 Hurricane, and search and recovery is stll going on there.

The wind gods of Greek mythology are the Anemoi and each god controls one of the four winds. I'm glad you found the poem enjoyable Di-hard and I appreciated your comments, as always. smiley

Penny4athought

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Penny, I imagine the hurrican that struck Forida was bad and those last 10 lines describe sadly what happened. I hope you were okay and not hit too badly. Having been on holiday on Florida's coast, I know what those strong winds can be like...very scary.

I like the way you've written this striking poem, with the mention of the seasons and the gods that rule them, very clever and I enjoyed reading.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

Hi Jenny, Yes Hurricane Ian was feared here; it was a category 4 and only two miles under becoming a category 5. There was substantial destruction to several areas on the West coast and sadly lives were lost. It came in from the Gulf of Mexico, crossed the state over Orlando and Cape Canaveral and went into the waters of the Atlantic. It continued up the East coast skirting us. The winds were still strong but considerably less than a Hurricane by then. Still, even as a tropical storm, there was damage to the coastal areas and high tide flooding. I have no doubt that climate changes are bringing stronger storms, this time we were just lucky.

Thank you for your comments Jenny; I always enjoy them and I'm glad you enjoyed the poem.smiley

Penny4athought

Submitted by marandina on

Wow - a wonderful, sweep through the seasons. "Eurus owns the eastern winds..". Love this. Paul :) 

 

Submitted by Penny4athought on

Thank you Paul; I'm so happy you enjoyed this little poem of the season's mythological gods.smiley

Penny4athought