THE WIND

All night long
the wind blew and blew.
It huffed and puffed
and rattled too.

It made the wind chime
clatter and clang.
All night long
rattle-ting-bang.

I'm tired this morning.
I don't know why.
Good thing the wind
        finally,
              decided to die.


    We've been having lots of wind in the desert.  It has me thinking about scientists who study wind currents.  Meteorologists?  Wind is very important to the earth.  Wind makes haboobs, hurricanes, dust devils and tornadoes.  Winds are important to sailors and to pilots.  You'll see a windsock at every airport.
    According to Wikipedia, the first wind tunnel was invented by Francis Herbert Wenham in 1871.   Airplane and automotive manufacturers use wind tunnels to perfect their designs.  Biologists have used wind tunnels to explain how dragonflies and bees fly.  I think I'm going to go find out more about the importance of wind.  Can you try writing your own wind poem today?  Since wind is a part of nature, this is an excellent subject for writing haiku.  Have fun writing.

READY

I'm a little bit worried

about the hurricane.

The winds will blow

and it will rain.

We've got flashlights

with fresh batteries

a transistor radio

if we lose electricity.

School has been cancelled

for the next two days.

I've got books to read

and board games to play.

Dad says I shouldn't worry

as I go to bed this night

and I hope when I awake

everything will be all right.


     What is the weather like at your house?  What do you like to do when school is cancelled?  I hope you have fun writing a poem today.  Every day is a great day for writing poems.

Palms in the Wind

Tropical

palm

leaves

bend 

in the wind

like

hands

coming

together

to

pray.

Please,

save us

from

hurricanes.