A Warm February Day Poem by Francis Duggan

The day it is warm close to forty degrees
And so very humid with scarce any breeze
For coastal South Western Victoria a very warm day
Though not unusual for February it does seem this way
In the coastal countryside by Warrnambool
A few days ago it was windy and cool
An old resident of the Moyne Shire said the weather is acting strange
But then suppose we are in the age of Climate Change
In forty eight hours in weather temperatures an eighteen degrees upwards swing
Weather-wise this does not seem a natural thing
The sheep sheltering from the sun in the shade of the eucalyptus trees
In very warm weather of high humidity in the absence of a freshening breeze
And above the brown paddock in the clear blue sunny sky
In pursuit of flying insects the dark welcome swallows do chirp as they fly.