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Come Wednesday

Negative Space poem

By Marilyn GloverPublished 5 days ago • 1 min read
Top Story - October 2026
Come Wednesday
Photo by Rod Long on Unsplash

Come Wednesday, might this window view be brighter

Nor'easter turbulence

Dumps another round of rain

Nature's unsettled womb; it's personal

Forehead to pane

Whipping wind pulls my chest tighter

Tears

Midstream drought

Raw, irritated, swollen, moisture-stripped eyes

Awkward silence

Oriel reflection; side view

Less than a bump

Side-eyed empty cradle

Waiting for the arrival of grace

Recalling when hope didn't deliver

Fear: am I unable

Coastal collision colors corneas clay


Come Wednesday, might this window view be clearer

Weather satellite; comma-shaped storm

Counterclockwise

If I could go back

Would I heed the forecast

Connect one thing to the next

Outline probabilities

Foretell context

Empty clothesline flaps in the wind

Lawn chair flips across the yard

Off-season treason

Body overthrows heart

Head to pane

Matrix mindful— pear-shaped lies


Come Wednesday, might this window view be forgiven

Sun's reclamation

Will Gaia apologize to the garden

Or ask her to act as if nothing ever happened

Eroded Goldenrod

Corroded potted Chrysanthemums

Bruising outlook

Landscape stamp on my heart

Open screen; hand out

Fertility prayers

Mother-wuthered seeds palm mitted

Heart's black and blue

Nature's embryotic reassignment

Personal

Anemochory; biological memory

Oh, when will yellow and purple finally make green


Come Wednesday, might this window view look brighter

Terra, don't clap back to my thunder

I've seen it earlier

Same date, different year

Kindly

Precipitation prelude positive prognosis

May open heavens bless me

So I am not repulsed by the gods

Because I've been here before

Riding

Climate carousel

Exit retrospect

Function missing extra pulse

Heartbeat hymns

Short window; today is Sunday

Appointment. Anniversary

Birth-death-one breath

Window view blues

Erratic forecast

Three days and waiting

What will happen come Wednesday



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About the Creator

Marilyn Glover

Poetry is my first love of writing and will always be. My debut Jungian-themed chapbook, Shadow's Reprieve, is available now on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H9JY19R5

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    Written by Marilyn Glover