Heat Wave Creep

Briars
scrape my flailing 
palm as crane flies drone when 
prickly hedges ooze their black fruit
mists in 
clay bake air I gulp a signal 
“slake those red throat blisters”
with green leaf dew 
and balm


Date Of  Poetry Soup Poem Entry 8/5/2020
Eight Of May 2020


Name Of Contest : Let the Pens Flow - Butterfly Cinquain Contest 

Name Of Sponsor : Jenish Somadas
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Kendrick Avatar
April 25, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Creative work you have penned in this one. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Way to go. Sara K
Kerr Avatar
April 25, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Thanks for everything, Sara. Esecially your comment, Howard
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