Character references required

Laughter amid the inclement chaos

Isn’t mom nature the feisty one!

Makes one wish for escapism

A wiseacre forecast reflects confusion

Trending deluges of nature’s moodiness

Every living thing in harm’s way

Choices become a cumbersome task

Happenstance governs our fate

And those generations after us

Need they experience the same

Guesstimate of their existence

Earth’s future a speculation

inclement

moods

bring stormy times

The three-line poem at the end is a piku. A ‘piku’ is a haiku mixed with the first few digits of pi (3.14), and the aim is to get the message across in the eight syllables (3-1-4).

First line: 3 syllables
Second line: 1 syllable
Third line: 4 syllables

© Eugenia Hoffman

Eugenia enjoyed a dedicated career in the insurance industry for over 20 years being rewarded both professionally and personally. Now it’s time for Eugenia to follow her dreams by doing things she enjoys…spending time with family, learning, sharing, traveling, and writing poetry. Eugenia’s writing and creative endeavors can be found at her blogs, Eugi’s Causerie and Eugi’s Milieu.