MFA Greensboro Alum Robert Morgan Featured in Connotation Press

"Valley Wind" by Robert Morgan

I reckon everybody knows
the pleasing breeze that tends to flow
up slopes on sunny summer days,
as air that’s warmed by solar blaze
reflected lifts up valley sides
and stirs the leaves on towering heights,
a manic rise, a thrill of breath
to soothe the sweltering aftermath
of steady glare. Then as the sun
goes down the wind reverses run,
depresses slow then gathers speed
to sink from peak to valley bed,
the highs now balanced by the sloughs,
chill air from summit altitudes
and stratosphere pushed down
to cool the dew on bottom ground,

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I reckon everybody knows

the pleasing breeze that tends to flow

up slopes on sunny summer days,

as air that’s warmed by solar blaze

reflected lifts up valley sides

and stirs the leaves on towering heights,

a manic rise, a thrill of breath

to soothe the sweltering aftermath

of steady glare. Then as the sun

goes down the wind reverses run,

depresses slow then gathers speed

to sink from peak to valley bed,

the highs now balanced by the sloughs,

chill air from summit altitudes

and stratosphere pushed down

to cool the dew on bottom ground,

promoting sleep in house and den,

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I reckon everybody knows

the pleasing breeze that tends to flow

up slopes on sunny summer days,

as air that’s warmed by solar blaze

reflected lifts up valley sides

and stirs the leaves on towering heights,

a manic rise, a thrill of breath

to soothe the sweltering aftermath

of steady glare. Then as the sun

goes down the wind reverses run,

depresses slow then gathers speed

to sink from peak to valley bed,

the highs now balanced by the sloughs,

chill air from summit altitudes

and stratosphere pushed down

to cool the dew on bottom ground,

promoting sleep in house and den,

Read more about ConnotationPress.com | Robert Morgan - Poetry by connotationpress.com

Valley Wind

 

I reckon everybody knows

the pleasing breeze that tends to flow

up slopes on sunny summer days,

as air that’s warmed by solar blaze

reflected lifts up valley sides

and stirs the leaves on towering heights,

a manic rise, a thrill of breath

to soothe the sweltering aftermath

of steady glare. Then as the sun

goes down the wind reverses run,

Read more about ConnotationPress.com | Robert Morgan - Poetry by connotationpress.com

Valley Wind

 

I reckon everybody knows

the pleasing breeze that tends to flow

up slopes on sunny summer days,

as air that’s warmed by solar blaze

reflected lifts up valley sides

and stirs the leaves on towering heights,

a manic rise, a thrill of breath

to soothe the sweltering aftermath

of steady glare. Then as the sun

goes down the wind reverses run,

Read more about ConnotationPress.com | Robert Morgan - Poetry by connotationpress.com