Persimmon...The Weather Predictor

We have many trees over the farm.  Persimmons are edible.  Humans and birds gather them by day.  Deer and night creatures consume them when dark falls.

It is said the seeds when split predict the winter weather.

Hubby split some seeds.

Spoon means wet heavy snow.

Fork calls for feathery snow and a mild winter.

Knife is for icy cutting winds.

Looks like a spoon to me!

Double checked.  No doubt about it being a spoon.

Five seeds later I'm still trying to find a fork prediction with no luck.

The Horseshoe...

For Poetry Jam Poets United and Imaginary Garden:  

The Thing About Rust

Things Carried

Empty horseshoe

With rusty nails

Plucked from

The worn trail

Inverted

For good luck

The empty shoe

Stood tucked

Standing in honor

Lying in state

Next to a knife

And a Civil War plate

My horses 

Ran barefoot

The shoe

Remains empty

Empty of luck

Empty of  horse

Just like my heart

Empty of course