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10 September 2013

awaiting storm

clouds slip in
soundless, quick
light muffled 
as all movement
stops, static pricks 
tense skin
thirsty ground
and hungry hearts
hold breath for the first
drop to nourish, refresh
hands, leaves, petals
reaching wide
for what sun's return denies

back at the bar, hanging with the poets

 
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15 comments:

  1. Laurie KolpSeptember 10, 2013 at 5:43 PM

    Gorgeous... I especially like the beginning.

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  2. Brian MillerSeptember 10, 2013 at 5:51 PM

    the sun and the rain are bother blessings while we have them...but def the rain in times of heat...

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  3. MarySeptember 10, 2013 at 6:36 PM

    Very vivid word picture here! I concur with Laurie...great beginning.

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  4. GraceSeptember 10, 2013 at 7:06 PM

    I like the first drop to nourish, rain is refreshing, just not too much ~ Smiles ~

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  5. Madeleine Begun KaneSeptember 10, 2013 at 10:53 PM

    How lovely!

    And thanks for your fun contribution to this week's Limerick-Off!

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  6. ClaudiaSeptember 10, 2013 at 10:56 PM

    you capture the tension before the storm so well...all nature seems to hold its breath - i always find this so fascniating

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  7. ed pilollaSeptember 10, 2013 at 10:57 PM

    vivid and sensual write. you build an electric moment and then release the valve. very nice.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2013 at 12:59 AM

    good one.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2013 at 8:12 AM

    You've captured both the tension before the storm and the disappointment of expectations and needs unfulfilled.

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  10. brudbergSeptember 11, 2013 at 2:33 PM

    I can feel that hope of rain being crushed...

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  11. Mystic_MomSeptember 11, 2013 at 4:00 PM

    This is what our rain would have been the other night if it rained poetry! Wonderful!

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  12. Lisa A. WilliamsSeptember 11, 2013 at 4:48 PM

    This is lovely!

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  13. DeniseSeptember 12, 2013 at 4:37 AM

    Awesome.

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  14. Ken HigginsonSeptember 12, 2013 at 1:03 PM

    Very nice... what a great way to describe heart - Hungry!

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  15. Beth WinterSeptember 12, 2013 at 2:05 PM

    This describes my morning and then the rain arrived, beautiful rain. Well written.

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