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Thunder and Lighting

A storm is brewing as oaks hold  their gait,
While inky clouds expel flammable, meshed wires
Invading nightfall, hiding the moon in a chain…
And furious thunder prepares a harsh burial
With a lightning  that rages from a sky,
To trigger floods , unrelenting  like a wild gutter .

So, the mildness of April    hastily retreats
As tempest  looms unto  hour's dark prophecy--
The roses gone    gone   before their lush flowering 
When this  firework  of lava zigzags
Right before my eyes:  a vision of abstract
Mural  in a jolted flare, so  irefully blinding

That spring’s pageant drowns my view .




For Brian Strand: March 18 Premiere Contest
Submitted  3/10/2018

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 3/11/2018 6:51:00 PM
Back with congrats, nette. Well done.
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Date: 3/11/2018 4:10:00 PM
Your superb and expressive imagery is so unique and vibrant Nette. Your beautiful poem is as brilliant as the lava zigzags you write of.. Congratulations on your excellent win!
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Date: 2/28/2018 5:17:00 AM
Oh you certainly did here follow the contest rules, and created a gem, believing it was a painting from your mind..wonderful poetry nette..
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Date: 2/26/2018 1:52:00 PM
Just beautiful nette
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Date: 2/26/2018 1:15:00 AM
amazing imagery sweet Nette! Good luck :)-luloo
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Date: 2/25/2018 4:46:00 PM
That is one hell of a storm, nette. I am staying indoors... to read more poetry of course. Lovely, well done.
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Date: 2/25/2018 2:21:00 PM
- A powerful sight, Nette: "firework of lava zigzags" - Luck in the contest :) - Happy new week :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 2/25/2018 1:55:00 PM
Painted with thunder and lightning, your poem shines without the sound of storm..chosen words..well written, as always..best for a win, nette.
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Date: 2/25/2018 1:02:00 PM
Great visual: unrelenting like a wild gutter .
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