Sandra Adams Poet Sapphic stanza

A Dark Underbelly

a dark underbelly cloud sweeps past the trees
  as they bow down then snap like minds gone crazy
     defenseless on the hills they no longer stand
                     powerless to the storm

    a violent wind screams out in tempered gusts
        before the sky lashes out its bottled rage
   it slams against the ground, bullets raining down
                       destruction everywhere

      hail the summer storm that took us by surprise
    made us see our weakness beneath nature's wrath
    as we grab our sticks and stones cursing her name
                           a rainbow arcs the sky


June 30, 2020
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#2 A Dark Underbelly

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Running Wolves September 27, 2020 at 8:00 AM love this....

John Hamilton July 23, 2020 at 6:10 AM Another majestic write Sandy, I could feel the power and then the serenity. John Hamilton July 23, 2020 at 1:12 PM sorry to hear that well, now you have a candidate for my next N/A contest! Sandra Adams July 23, 2020 at 8:37 AM Thank you John... this one got an n/a i just noticed...

Jennifer Proxenos July 3, 2020 at 10:22 AM Every cloud has a silver lining and every storm has its charm, especially when a rainbow appears which promises you what you have wished for. Hugs and blessings dear Sandy, Jennifer.

Caren Krutsinger July 3, 2020 at 4:48 AM The rainbow does make tornado weather a bit easier; and lightning seems less angry in the aftermath also. Nice one.

Krish Radhakrishna July 3, 2020 at 2:30 AM Sandra Lovely write! Best of luck in the contest! Yes. I have been in such storms. A regular occurrence in India dui g the monsoon!

Vijay Pandit June 30, 2020 at 3:52 PM I see those storms roaming in dark clouds especially in summer thunder--well described, Sandy.

Gershon Wolf June 30, 2020 at 2:05 PM Lovely image there at the end... Resonates esp. well for Chicagoans: We had this exact scenario late last week, topped off by a brilliant, wide-arcing rainbow. How about that?!.. I imagine you had it a day or two later out east... ~ Peripatetic - ness

Tom Cunningham June 30, 2020 at 10:14 AM Can see the darkness in that storm Sandra, the power of nature. Then later sunshine, like it had never been. Good luck in the contest Tom