Chinook

Chinook: a warm, dry wind descending the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, primarily in winter. Chinook is falsely claimed by popular mythology in Alberta and Montana and similar inland areas to mean "snow-eater".

 

Snow on ground is crisp and white

Vanquishing dim that is the night

Puffy flakes fall on to the ground

Streets are quiet without a sound

But warm wind blows out of the west

Winter’s scourge does now protest

Coming warmth from over mountain

Bringing rain down like a fountain

Snowy land now grows wet

Slush and grime are now upset

We are fooled into coming spring

But winter lags like a beastly thing

Still more months are left to go

Until the end of coming snow

Winter not yet gone, but is still here

Though spring may come, it is not near

I will enjoy this damp so warm

Floods in gutters from rainy storm

Chinook has come and soon will go

Bringing again winter’s snow

 

Reviews

[Lady leah]

Very nicely penned write, loved it.