Thunderstorms Poems

Premium MemberThunderstorms

Thunderstorms
Miracle man
2/6’2025

First a flash, then crack.
Lightening comes pre thunder,
always the earth shakes.
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Categories: thunderstorms, storm,
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Spring Enchantment a love poem

Spring Enchantment (a love poem)


As wisps of clouds creeped
overhead before a storm moving quickly east,
the moon lay down his vanilla beams 
to dispel the darkness hiding our bared feet — 
set side by side — romantically
touching for warmth, for love, for eternity,
hopefully, to envelop us, like the coming rain
in our lives’ thundering, combined heartbeats
…joined into
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Categories: thunderstorms, desire, imagery, light, love,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberSevere Thunderstorms

Beneath California's boundless skies,
Nature roars with all her might,
In thunderous tantrums that arise.

Severe storms, where heavens rupture,
A dance of chaos, wild and free,
Electric bolts, a vivid rapture,
Unleashing fury upon the sea.

The skies grow dark, the winds arise,
As thunder drums its fearsome beat,
Rain cascades from the sullen skies,
In torrents, mingling with the street.

A symphony of majesty
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Categories: thunderstorms, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThunderstorms

Something about a thunderstorm
that takes my thoughts beyond the norm,
as up above in other worlds-
a battle in the skies unfurls.

Those thunder booms, like cannons roar
and growl as dark clouds clash in war,
then send explosions through the sky,
as lightning sparks the battle cry. 

How deafening a roar it makes-
for miles, like sonic booms, it breaks;
so minuscule
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Categories: thunderstorms, power, storm, universe,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberCampfires and Thunderstorms

Campfires and Thunderstorms

Campfires and thunderstorms:
Heads poke out from under cover
To see clouds bursting
That swell the river.

Ears prick to hear tree-snapping sounds
As lightning cracks and thunder booms.
Torrential rains pour down to soak the ground;
The firewood gets wet, and the tent becomes waterlogged.

Dismal and miserable, the campers reflect;
Then, their eyes fix upon the canoe tucked away,
Still overturned
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Categories: thunderstorms, adventure, nature, storm, weather,
Form: Verse


Premium MemberThe Way of It

It’s thunderstorm country around here. 
They roam the boiling, hot, southern skies
on legs of lightning, like dark, angry trolls. 

My Chinese roommate is impressed with them 
because as menacing and mountainous and electrical 
as they seem, through the trees whip and the rain 
lashes - like special effects - no real damage is done. 

Love
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Categories: thunderstorms, friend, love, student, summer,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAnne Will You Ever Answer

Anne will you ever Answer
David J Walker

I
What toys were projected
Into your dreams 
Were children permitted in
Dreamland back then
Or did you stand on the outside
Fenced in by the calendars of 
Another time

II
What sounds scared you
Did they come from thunderstorms
Was it a lonely wind sent to
Send you into tumbleweed insanities 
Ultimately 
Caught in the barbs of fences

III
What
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Categories: thunderstorms, mother,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThunderstorms

I shutter the windows
and secure the doors
and seal myself
in inner rooms
far from 
the booms
the flashes
the shivering static
that shoots 
through the air
on these summer afternoons
when no one is here.
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Categories: thunderstorms, anxiety, introspection, life, seasons,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberCeraunophiliac - a Suzette Sonnet

In awe, I welcome Thor with utmost glee.
The powerful celestial force set free
amongst the hills and over the coarse scree. 
The winds that whip and slink —  the hailstones loudly clink.
Flashes segue to link —  I quell the urge to blink.
My pulse quickens at the rank petrichor. 
I ignore being drenched, making my
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Categories: thunderstorms, analogy, god, nature, relationship,
Form: Sonnet

Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms 
Deserted the Sky
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Categories: thunderstorms, nature, sky,
Form: Free verse

Far More Worse Things In Life To Fear Than Thunderstorms and Lightning

As nightly rituals go

Mine is whattapping my old
sister good night in South Africa

And tonight she said a storm is
a brewing

And the only thing that South Africa
does better than extreme corruption 
is electric thunderstorms

So much so when she was a child
she used to creep into my parents
bedroom 

So my Dad could cradle
her while keeping her safe
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Categories: thunderstorms, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Whimsical Thunderstorm

Drifting dark clouds race to blanket the sun
Not a bird nor insect or creature in sight
Momentarily stillness…
Tree branches brace
As silence overcomes the debris engulfed winds
Lightning supplying the only inkling of light
A sudden rumble breaks the anticipation of what’s to come
Rain begins to mist
Wind gust enhances
Clouds vigorously churn
Thunder crackles intensify
Downpour surges, drenching all in its path
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Categories: thunderstorms, beauty, natural disasters, rain,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThunderstorms and I Have An Oath

Of course others occupy my thoughts
Not during this thunderstorm 
Because I am concentrating on her beauty
Thunder. Lightning. I am enthralled and impressed.

Obviously a nature lover, I am open to the storm
She is prancing and dancing through my mind tonight
Not in the forefront, but I cannot help but feel her power
Observe her fortitude and grace

I shall
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Categories: thunderstorms, storm,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThunderstorms Interlude

Sinews like steel traps,
Contracting and expanding.
Rhythm of movements
In fluidic four-four time;
Black stallion racing the wind.
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Categories: thunderstorms, beautiful, earth, environment, metaphor,
Form: Tanka

The Song of Storms

 Whistle, rumble, tap, tap, tap 
 The song of storms is like no other 

 The wind whistles a quiet tune, 
 Caresses your eardrums 
 And you're sure if you left the house 
 It'd caress your face as well 

 The thunder rumbles around you 
 Its gentle rumbles resonating through your
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Categories: thunderstorms, earth, imagery, nature, onomatopoeia,
Form: Narrative

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