The northener

welcome, ellisville, and thanks for the poems. This one is simple, elegant and compassionate. It's so easy to write angst and misery, to write with empathy without becoming trite is a real gift. Thank you. cheers, Jess

welcome to neopoet! Ellis, I like this piece. Though it's titled "The Northerner" it invokes the west for me, the wide open spaces. And yet it invokes Canada for me as well. And cumulous clouds with a deep blue sky, clouds with just the slightest hint of grey. One of those autumn, nearly winter days where the sky seems to be pregnant. The only (very slight) beef I have with this is I think the "but" is out of place given the previous line, but that might be personal preference. Good work! Mark