A Damp, Dreary Day Poem by Deanna Samuels

A damp dreary day
Driving towards Port Hope, mist hung low over the fields
A sky of mottled slate grey
Air filled with drizzly dew
Buildings appeared cold and forlorn in this miserable scene
Not a hint or glint of sparkle on wet running windows
Vehicles driving with full headlights to appear more visible
Road signs difficult to decipher from 50 yards
Distant trees and bush fully lost within this heavy shroud
Nearer trees appeared sad, flat and lifeless
Their bare boughs dripped from rain that enveloped them
Roadside banks gave no relief, they too, swampy and dank
Later, returning along the lakeside road
Mist hung over to almost the water's very edge
Waves seem to creep out from below the low-lying cloud
Eerily rolling up and over upon the damp sandy beach
A small flock of gulls patiently waited at breaking waves
Eager to snap any tasty morsel from within the frothy water
The day slipped into afternoon and evening
Ending as it had begun, damp and dreary


Written in Durham, Ontario - 21st December 2018