Short Squalls Poems

heavy cloud line
rain squalls advancing 
inland from the coast...

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mounds of snow piled high
sun and clouds alternated
snow squalls persisted!...

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rainfall comes in drops
snowfall flakes in flurry squalls
leaves in flutters fall...

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glace mountain tops amidst heather'y foothills --pepper icy squalls


February 19, 2016
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This winter's song
snow squalls are gone
Sunshine is nice
It melts the ice
Snow storms have passed
we've seen the last
Bring on the spring
that's what we sing...

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drifting squalls pass by
battered leaves shake with vigor
creeks score forest floor 

Brian Johnston
July 29,2014

Poet's notes: 
Inspired by a Haiku by Archana Kapoor Nagpal...

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She spoke of urbane gentlemen
and friendly squalls of rain
yet thanked Christ
for her baked scones
and well rotted manure
and gratitude for not being a Lioness,
a cause celebre never in the making
mopping the Freemasons floor...

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Thunderstorm
flashing lightning
torrential rain squalls
cursing region with hail
high winds, banks overflowing
power grids surely fail
traffic slowly crawls
so frightening
Tornadoes


written July 1, 2021...

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A treasure trove of history contained in the walls
A collection of man's endeavors throughout life's squalls
Celebrating ancient battles
Throughout history's annals
A journey through man's evolution, through strife and wars...

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Winds whipping my soul
Coldness wont let go
White squalls blind my hopes
What for do I exist at all

Birch trees sway in the wind
Dancing to skies grey and grim
Pathways lead only to graves
Alone I lie amongst the trees...

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A black cloud discriminates effortlessly,
forms gauche haunting images
justifying Kraken legend.
Malevolent nimbostratus
orchestrate prejudice quotable rain squalls,
travelling unbiased verifying
what xtremes yonder zoom.

© Harry J Horsman  2011...

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Come to me krill, humpback whale calls
She feeds on a ton of them each day
Bottle nose comes up through the squalls
Hunting squid and small fish along the way
They are not in competition when they lunch
Both eating their way through ocean with a crunch...

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A tumbler falls, consciousness shifts
Chakras activated
Magnetic breeze our soul uplifts
Leaving heart elated

Flickers in space reveal
manner in which we heal
bubbling with zest and zeal

Birthing bliss squalls
A tumbler falls...

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Starry Night
A bluing sky
Seascape
Aloft
Squalls
Adrift
Currents flowing
Starfish swirls
Stirs heaven
Midst a dark purge
Tamed voices
Outcrops a town
Pellucid
Envision
A
Work of art
Goes
Sprawling

2020 March 04...

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Morningtide reverberates, the songstress calls,
buoyant curlews play in oceans of copious grass,
wave after wave shattering against dry stone walls,
meadows dance the rhythm of the farmers weatherglass,
implementing the orchestration from moortop squalls.

 © Harry J Horsman 2020...

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late summer storm

copper colored swirls
 silver leaves signal whirlwinds ~
  ochre flowers sway

platinum cloud ships
 race sails full of crystal squalls ~
  bronze waves of sunset

sterling sunrise dawns
 sunlight shining in white gold ~
  steel hued storm escapes

9/7/20...

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Winter brought 
Rain and snow
Frost and fog
Slippy pavements 
And icy water
A cold hand
For the labourer 
And windy squalls 
To shake trees
Lightning and torrents 
Falling from the sky 
And also a time of peaceful rest
In nature's closed eye. 

     W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly. 1989....

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Giving high fives
to the giggling squalls of rain
I feel like I'm in Millionaires row
Laughing at the people
who cannot summon a smile
All I see are blueberry pies
not listening to the world's advice
If you have a hand
Give in to religious Chant
still insisting theres meaning in it
This madness is too sweet to resist...

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The sky is grey
It's beginning to rain
The markets are down
The economy strains

There's more divorce
Than ever before
Men are still dying
In senseless wars

The cynics say
The earth is doomed
All you hear
Is doom and gloom

Hear what I say
Rise above the squalls
Because in the end
Love conquers all...

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Autumn Haiku - Set of Three
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autumn 

whirlwinds of splendor
 autumn breathes umber blizzards ~
  crimson cloudbursts whorl

gusts of gold tangos
 jitterbug on orange swirls ~
  gales of scarlet squalls

outbursts of amber
 ride on russet fandangos ~
  vermillion downpours

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I found 
The edge of the world
Today
Blustering winds
An angry sea
Waves as high as mountains
What’s beyond
I could not see
Through the squalls
And white caps sea’s
How scared
I was 
To glance upon
This very angry scene
That stretched all round me
What a desolate place
Of demonic sea’s
Howling winds
Looking out from
The shore 
Of eternity...

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Wind whispers through the trees
Branches begin to sway
Leaves softly rustling
Sky turning grey

Air becomes colder
Mist descends
Distant thunder rumbles
Branches bend

Wind squalls
Thunder crashes
Intensifying  sound
Sky grows bleak
Rain earthbound

Heaven opens
A powerful downpour
Relentless and aggressive
Nature nurtures her land
Glorious and impressive...

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Lights flickered as evening woke
     the tired lagoon
where wrinkled reflections
and silhouettes of a million
      spruce steeples
tickled the horizon.

A chorus of slapping halyards
joined a colony of gulls
in their repertoire
above the docked fisherman.

Trees, painted half-white
by windward squalls
faded off like a black curtain
to await an encore at dawn......

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I am offended 
by your metaphors,
they're vindictive
the way they dangle themselves 
above my heartstrings,
periodically plucking
when one gets tangled in the wind

they just hang there
like an untame pennon
waiting to flap
for blatant recognition

my, how you crave those squalls
with such ravenous gluttony,
gnawing at the pellucid air
as though it were chewable...

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At sea there's squalls
as pressure falls
It's not surprising
as warm air's rising

From the cloud
there's thunder, loud
Lightning flashes
More thunder crashes

Hail stone falls
Large icy balls
Precipitating
Winds rotating

Air spins quicker
More lightning flicker
A funnel forms
'neath thunder storms

Touches down
Destroys the town
of Laredo
Class 5 tornado...

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