Seagulls in the Neighborhood
When I went out
to play one day,
I saw seagulls
in the sky
above the houses.
They were not
flying by but
circling, like planes
waiting to be
cleared to land.
I went inside.
"Mom, look!
Seagulls."
She peaked
out the window.
"That means
a storm is
coming."
I don't know if
that is fact
or superstition;
but whenever
I see gulls inland,
I take it
as a warning.
This poem was written for Day 11 of the Poem-A-Day Challenge. The prompt was warning.
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Thursday, April 12, the Kansas Time + Place Poets will be reading in Pittsburg, KS. The reading begins at 8 p.m. in the Governors Room, Overman Student Center, Pittsburg State University.
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