In the Mists
...Fog, like a shroud, hangs over the valley,
muting the morning's voice, soaking the ground.
Droplets cannonball, trying to rally,
base jump the downspouts, raise echoing sounds.
Scarce is heard ...
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Categories:
downspouts, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Storm
...Storm
Storm approaches with "wailing" winds
Fierce faced clouds "whoosh" across the sky
Lightning "crackles" then "snaps" and "pops"
Thunder "rumbles" with heart "pounding" "thuds."
Autumn l...
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Categories:
downspouts, onomatopoeia, storm,
Form: Free verse
Abandon Dwelling Neglected-
...Dwelling abandon neglected
Not at all picturesque
This decaying house
Been condemn now for nineteen months
From the roof to the porch
Harvesting ferns in ...
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Categories:
downspouts, absence, allusion, analogy, house,
Form: Free verse
Tricks of the Sun
...After the storm-
a strange light descends,
bathes the world outside
in an eerie glow,
painting winter's black bark
a weird iridescent green.
The clean air hums
with frog-song.
Late afterno...
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Categories:
downspouts, sky, storm, sun,
Form: Free verse
Experiencing the Rain
...Experiencing the Rain
By Elton Camp
Dark clouds approach from the west
To the coming summer storm attest
The grass has become brown and dry
Life-giving moisture rain will supply
When rain is near,...
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Categories:
downspouts, nature, rain, summer, rain,
Form: Rhyme