Storm Surge

in #poetry6 years ago



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High winds freight
Steamship clouds


Tear down fences
Buffet houses;

Wild animals remain
Within their dens

Safe from the wind
And its reckless whims.


Dark skies and leaves
Carried up high

Black rain splatters
All passersby.

Within, the house
Candle lit,

Softly glows
With golden tints.


And, without, the wind
With angry fit

Pounds on walls
With its bare fists.



© 2018, John J Geddes. All rights reserved



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This is wonderful .... could be a haiku if you wanted:)

a windstorm rages
inside calmed with candle light
pounding on the walls

Loved those steamships clouds, picturesque. Great write. I indulged and read it a few times:)

Thanks, Pryde - yes, it could be a haiku :)

Ayer lo decías, @johnjgeddes, en tu poema: sabemos lo que vivimos. Y es cierto, pero hay otra forma de vivir y es a través de la lectura. Tú has descrito un fenómeno que desconozco, pero con tus palabras puedo conocerlo, sentirlo y hasta temerle. Este poema es claro en sus imágenes y sonoro en su rima. Un viento huracanado humanizado que lo arrasa todo a su paso y hasta la casa no es segura. Que tengas reparadora noche. Saludos

Los antiguos griegos usaban la palabra pneuma, que significa respiración o espíritu para describir el viento; tiene su propia voz y no es difícil imaginarse como persona.

Beautiful poetry. It is so close to nature. I liked your poetry. Thanks @johnjgeddes

I have driven through Kansas with winds and clouds you describe. An appropriate description I must say. Your poem brought back very vivid memories...frightening! Nice John!

Thanks, @birdsinparadise - we just experienced 100 mph winds the other day which prompted the poem - as I write, I can hear the sound of roofers replacing shingles...tap, tap, tap, lol

High winds freight
Steamship clouds

That's such a unique way of phrasing it, really capturing the heaviness and power seen and felt before a storm. Such a feeling of warmth and safety by the end too. I love the storm season - it's (counter-intuitively some would say) one of my favourite things about summer, being on my porch at night when the humidity breaks. Winter storms not so much!

Well done. Such a masterful piece of poem from the don himself @johnjgeddes. Very inspiring, Thank you for this poem.

I agree, lazarus - I remember sitting out in the cool of the evening after a heat wave - it's one of my favourite memories

The nearness of peace and fury is a vivid reminder of life’s fragility. Loved it, John.

very true...thank you, lydon :)

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Excellent poem, very timely for these dates when we have so much rain almost daily.

Another great poem! It's the little things like family that take us back to our center even when everything go on around us is a complete storm of chaos.

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