Tempest

those unexpected summer stormsthey soak all those out and aboutclouds darken, build, a whirlwind formsthose unexpected summer stormslightning dancing beyond the normsit dazzles the sky as thunder shoutsthose unexpected summer stormsthey soak all those out and about I wrote this poem for Wea’ve Written Weekly, prompt #221. Selma asks us to do the following: SummerContinue reading “Tempest”

humility

it starts with the stillness: the hum of tepid breeze billowing in my core. then– rumbling eastward, curing strength in pillowed fists. glimpse lightning’s zigzag grip and sudden flip of tsunami clouds rolling on train whistles and thundering feet. bursts of light capture still frames: the twisting of limbs, the crumbling of earth, the darkeningContinue reading “humility”