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Chaiten Spew

From my window I see the most wondrous of sights Mother natures wrath releasing her might Blackened plumes of smoke in monstrous rise Turning day into night as it covers her skies Oranges and reds in sporadic bursts of colour Oxygen sucked in as her atmospheres smothered Electrical releases like skeletal veins When you witness her power, is she going insane Canopies of greens become consumed in her path Pyroclastic flows in suffocate wrath Where once you heard birds in chirping surround Explosion's now aplenty in catastrophic abound From my window I see the most wondrous of sights Am I as insane as her as I marvel her delights The settling down of the spewed innards of she I look inside myself as her power thralls thee http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/nature-16.php

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Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 7/26/2011 1:45:00 PM

Might I be so bold as to say that I think this is about a volcanic eruption? I think it is, though-- very awesome way of depicting it, very vivid and so artfully expressed, loved that 2nd and 3rd stanzas-- way to go, James-- ok now I am looking up what "Chaiten" is... ;D

Kabuteng P.Ink K.
Date: 7/26/2011 1:47:00 PM

Ahh. Now it is confirmed for me-- something new learned yet again today-- thank you for this one, sure turned out to be informative for me as well :D

James Peranteau

Date: 7/26/2011 10:45:00 AM

I was just watching on the History channel about the Northern lights James, I'm not sure if this is what you are refering to, but, oh how well it does burst with the same energy ! I say you are truly blessed having the sites you portray in your writes dear poet ! Awesome write sir ! Later, james

Elizabeth Wesley

Date: 7/23/2011 11:40:00 PM

Sounds like a tornado or something similar. A powerful verse with such vivd images.