Michelle Faulkner Poet Acrostic

Powder Keg

Pieces of heat scatter and scorch
Over the orange rusted sky
Wildfire season has arrived
Dense and thick, stern charcoal
Eyes capture and deny
Relief's cool rain, as tongues of flames

Kindles tender clovers red
Eating clean the succulent
Green laced gentle ground.

7/14/21

This or That Volume 4 contest
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Title: Powder Keg

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Paula Goldsmith July 28, 2021 at 11:33 AM Congratulations on your win. What a creative Acrostic story/write.  Have a blessed day with your win...............

Christuraj Alex July 27, 2021 at 10:34 PM A beautiful Creation. Congratulations!

Honestly J.T. July 17, 2021 at 3:22 PM Good one; God bless; -JT

Juliet Ligon July 15, 2021 at 6:39 PM Great descriptions in your acrostic. Very fitting for this time of year.

Rico Leffanta July 15, 2021 at 11:45 AM The water that could grow food (and/or keep people clean & cool) is instead wasted in vain attempts to extinguish that powder keg, so perhaps we need re-educating about this or that?

Tom Cunningham July 15, 2021 at 2:27 AM Mother nature can be fierce at times, read an interesting article the other day about the fire watchers who live in towers for weeks on end who alert the authorities if smoke is spotted. Hope things cool down over there Michelle , i struggle in the heat. Tom

Joanna Daniel July 15, 2021 at 12:39 AM A nice way of looking at wildfires, Michelle, wonderful imagery:)

Sotto Poet July 14, 2021 at 7:37 PM A blazing ode to the Northwest's flames. Please be safe in Oregon. This great prose should be IN POTD

Gershon Wolf July 14, 2021 at 5:31 PM A Fiery paean to the wildfires in the Northwest. Please stay safe there in Oregon, Michelle! ~ Gershon Michelle Faulkner July 14, 2021 at 6:59 PM Thank you, at least they are in the southern part of Oregon, away from me, though I feel for those suffering right now~

Kim Rodrigues July 14, 2021 at 1:56 PM Your imagery is quite the powder keg! So scary in those places! Michelle Faulkner July 14, 2021 at 2:33 PM Yes a few weeks ago we hit 116 degrees (a record for Portland!) and now so many Western states are having wildfires too-