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Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Weather
Quavering Between Song and Story: Essays for the 21st Century
  • Debra Marquart, Iowa State University
Document Type
Creative Writing
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract

Footage of a tornado this spring morning on The Weather Channel. Tuberous as a taproot, it dips, retracts, stretches thin, then holds, taut as a sprung coil. Dark topsoil rises in spinning wisps as the funnel makes contact with the ground, widens, then moves like a vacuum across flat, unfortunate Kansas.

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Originally published as “Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Weather.” Quavering Between Song and Story: Essays for the 21st Century. Ed. Sheryl St. Germain. Autumn House Press, 2011: 167-176. Posted with permission.

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Debra Marquart
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en
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Citation Information
Debra Marquart. "Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Weather" Quavering Between Song and Story: Essays for the 21st Century (2011) p. 167 - 176
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/debra-marquart/55/