You sense when a great storm approaches
It rambles and shakes from the floor
Feels like horses stampeding
Just nature marching once more
The awesome drops that are speeding
Like bullets when rain hits the roof
It's hard to quiet your heartbeat
When drops are like horses hooves
They seem to be chasing their shadows
The shadows being the clouds
The darkness of forces approaching
With thunder that threatens...out loud
Flares of nature's ambition
Feeding the earth with such force
Spears of light...ammunition
Threatening us all on her course
Marching like Sherman she broaches
The marshes that lead to the sea
Afterward calming her creatures
The animals, birds and then me
The calm after she leaves us
Its heaven smitten with greens
Limes and colors of emeralds
Washed over and smelling so clean.
How long have you written poetry? Long I bet - I like the subjects, especially nature topics you choose - always done with such control, Finely crafted.
michael
I love the smell of the air after a rainstorm or snowstorm, it is unmistakably fresh and rejuvenated.
Much peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on December 16, 2007
It is hunker down time, hopefully with a few friends, or just that one special friend . . . Riding it out, grateful it is over . . . Much like mental storms which attack unmercifully . . .
Marching in like Sherman, huh? Now, that's fast and furious, but what to expect from a Suthin' Belle? This is good, and I was in the mood for such. We ain't had no stormin' to brag aboout in monts and years! Luff and Kitthis, - Bill
I concur with Karen (below), fantastic imagery and write! Well done! Sounds like y'all are fixin' to get some weather--we had it yesterday and last night, today, cold, W I N D Y. Tonight supposed to be 24 degrees (32 now). Brrrrrrrrrr! Stay safe, take care,
A book of nature inspired poems and essays, written from the heart and soul of a life-long nature, animal, and wilderness lover, and dedicated to today’s children - Earth's only hope for a better tomorrow.
This book won 'The Poetry Category'
Ron
thanks Susan...
John
michael
Much peace, love, and light,
Amber "V"
Excellent poem!
ET
Love this,
Pierre
(((HUGS))) and love, and Merry Christmas,
Karla.
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D