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Fire! |
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Poet deVine
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since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Wicked flames whip tornado fashion brilliant colors finger the skies gulping breath from white-hot smoke rebellion rages before disbelieving eyes What frenzy stirs her holocaust life sustaining fire out of control devouring forests like tinder bonbons brave men struggle on fire patrol What peril lay in forest deep small towns eaten in dark of night plumes of danger seep westerly we watch in horror, pray in fright What Mother in her nature’s wrath consigns madness to cleanse our sin? rain forsaken we fight alone a war we fear we cannot win No rain to stop cataclysm we whisper prayers of desperation vigilant quest for the cessation of summer hell’s conflagration ~~~~ Fire rages throughout the western states. Today some of Arizona's small eastern towns are burning. Show Low, named for a card hand, is in danger and is on evacuation alert. The town got it's unusual name in 1870, when two men decided to divide up the land that they had taken as their homestead. They determined that the winner of a game called "Seven Up" could buy the land from the other man. Towards the end of the game, one man needed only one point to win. The other man told him "all you need is to show low and you win". The man came up with the duece of clubs and thus, the name of this town was born. http://www.wmonline.com/cities/cities.htm If you pray - please pray for rain. |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Poet de....thanx for the education and history lesson....and thanx for another stellar poem.... |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
I like the history lesson. Thanks Cold hands means a warm heart |
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alterego Member
since 2002-02-23
Posts 113Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Excellent poem... really nasty fire!!! Trust you are well and will stay that way!!! ss Create something infinite today - Smile!!! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Sharon Scary, fire! Many in California, too. Stay safe please...poem told it all. I have been praying for rain. |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
So vividly portrayed, in the sadness of this renewal. Well written. ThisDiamond |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Sharon, thanks for a story that has to be told... Yes...we shall all pray for rain. ~Stay safe, hugs~ |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Thank you all for you kind words. Today we are expecting hot temps and wind gusts up to 45 mile per hour. Things settled down last night and the damage was assessed - and it's not as bad as they feared. I feel so bad for the firefighters here in the West....it seems they are stretched to their limit. If any knows any rain dances, please do them now - we sure could use some. Since January, we have only had .19 inches of measurable rain here in Phoenix. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I was thinking of you as I watched the news last night... and wondering about the name of the town. *S* This is a wonderful poem, PDV... and echoes the words I heard from one tired firefighter... "All we can do is not enough... we need rain." |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
It's raining in California today...perhaps it will move your way. I hope so! |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
"If you pray, please pray for rain" deserves to be a poem in its own right. Perhaps a phrase for tonight?  She said burn ... together. |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Sharon, I know just how you feel, this is depressing to me, for in Colorado we have problems of our own too, the Hayman fire is still happening and is near Sedalia now and the fire is only 25 miles from me and has burned about 300,000 acres! (sad sigh) Find my poem "One Last Sigh", it's somewhere in Open #21 and is how I feel and envision the fire in Colorado, this is very powerfully saddening, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sharon, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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