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Lightning Cracks

lightning cracks outside thunder rolls across the sky rain comes pounding down Summer leaves us with a storm tonight I'll sleep like a babe

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M. L. Kiser

Date: 9/3/2018 12:54:00 AM

Gosh, rain and storms used to help me sleep, but then I had a house where the basement flooded; lost a ton of stuff; now I can't even sleep when it sprinkles. This is an excellent piece of poetry.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/17/2013 7:24:00 AM

Came here to your last post and realized I had already seen it. I hope to see you putting up more poems soon.

Litan Dey

Date: 9/14/2013 9:34:00 PM

I like to sleep in rainy day.....great short poem.Best luck

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 9/4/2013 8:23:00 PM

Francine, l love the rain and you capture perfectly, in this Tanka, the relaxing effect it has on the body. I enjoyed this!

Joyce Johnson

Date: 9/4/2013 4:20:00 PM

Thank you Francine. I had thought I had entered it. Love, Joyce

Vicky Tsiluma

Date: 8/31/2013 12:30:00 AM

Lovely Tanka - I like the contradiction between the storm outside and the calm inside. Well penned.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/30/2013 10:17:00 AM

Summer nights are made nicer from such storms. I enjoyed this one, Francine. How are you?

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 8/29/2013 11:18:00 PM

Good luck in the contest with this piece,

Francine Roberts
Date: 8/30/2013 9:11:00 AM

????its not for any contest Dr. Ram