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Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

0 posted 2001-07-24 04:10 PM

Summer Storm

On the horizon I can see
Great thunder-heads rise silently,
But in their billowed mass there lies
Such power that will lash the skies
And send us scurrying inside
From the furious storm to hide.

When lightning flashes, thunder roars.
It rattles windows and screen doors.
Then suddenly, there is the sound
Of torrential rain around.
We watch the gutters overflow
And drench the flower beds below.

We look with awe at the mad sight
Of wind-lashed trees. A pallid light
Which seeps away and dims the day,
Would indicate it's here to stay,
At least awhile, so we resume
Activities, but thunder's boom
Keeps us atuned to what goes on
Until this summer storm is gone.

Betty Lou Hebert

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2001-07-24 04:44 PM

You made this very real. Have you had one of these recently? Joyce

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

2 posted 2001-07-24 06:47 PM

Joyce: Thanks. Yes, we just had one of these over the week-end. Always awesome!

Betty Lou Hebert

Denise

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 2001-07-24 09:10 PM

I felt like I was there, Betty Lou! Great writing!

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 2001-07-25 01:26 AM

BettyLou~
You SURE you don't live in Florida ?????
LOL !
Perfect imagery of our afternoon storms.
They are the stuff poems are made of !
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

5 posted 2001-07-25 06:37 PM

Denise: Thank you so much! Glad you liked this.

Betty Lou Hebert

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

6 posted 2001-07-25 06:43 PM

Marge: Thanks for reading and no, I live in Idaho, but we are in the foothills of the Selway/Bitteroot Mts. and get some fierce thunder storms during the summer.

Betty Lou Hebert

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