Dust Storm

Lifting from the Millewa;
swirling to the sky,
billowed to the heavens,
each particle drifts high.
Closing down the clearness
in an ever thickening rust,
from dry and harrowed farmland,
swirls the Mallee dust.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Canerdy Avatar
September 17, 2019 at 8:26 PM
Descriptive and succinct, Lindsay. JaniceV6C
Laurie Avatar
September 23, 2019 at 9:04 PM
Hello Janice … thank you Janice. Dust storms leave a legacy of cleaning inside a house. With everything tightly shut, the powdery red particles find a way inside - Lindsay
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September 7, 2019 at 1:52 PM
I read that the Mallee dust storm was quite a phenomena - the wind grew stronger and blew harder until it looked like a bush fire It was so powerful that it ripped ceilings, and people were almost smothered by this dust storm - very frightening, almost like the end of days. Well penned Lindsay, I didn't know about this so very glad you wrote about it, as I enjoyed looking it up. Hugs, Jennifer.
Laurie Avatar
September 7, 2019 at 11:03 PM
G'day Jennifer … an approaching dust storm appears to be billowing smoke and what you read I have been in a number of times. Dust gets into everything but they normally doesn't last long. They appear to begin on land that's prepared for sowing crops - thank you Jennifer - Lindsay
Anish Avatar
September 6, 2019 at 2:20 PM
Stimulating poem about nature - where are you writing from? Peace & Love Matthew Anish
Laurie Avatar
September 7, 2019 at 10:57 PM
G'day Matthew … I'm referring to the Mallee where we lived for twenty years. Have witnessed dust storms so dense that at twelve o'clock noon the automatic street lights came on. Being in a dust storm is quite eerie - thanks again Matthew - Lindsay
Leffanta Avatar
September 3, 2019 at 6:26 PM
Spiders used to survive the heights of dust storms, but now they get bombarded with microplastics. That can't be good news for farmers, even Down Under! Aloha! Rico
Laurie Avatar
September 7, 2019 at 10:52 PM
Hello Rico … not good news at all Rico. Thousands of tonnes of soil are lifted off wheat farms and deposited elsewhere - God knows what is there to bombard us with these days - thank you Rico - Lindsay
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September 3, 2019 at 12:14 PM
Reminds me of the terrible dust storms in the midwest USA during the 1930s Lindsay. I remember as a kid in Indiana seeing Oklahoma, Texas, etc skittering across the skies in the form of vagabond dust! You 'dusted' off a youthful memory, (so to speak) in excellent poetic form. Carry on, Mate! Bob
Laurie Avatar
September 7, 2019 at 10:48 PM
Hello Bob … Yes, I've watched documentaries on the dust bowl. There are very severe droughts in Central Australia and I drove through countryside that looked like the moon. It rained and on return everything was green. Have been caught in dust storms a few times - thanks again Bob - Lindsay
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