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Arriving Storm

Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew asks us to write a poem
using the words ‘condition, ‘five’,
and ‘rapid’. Here’s my take.

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The sky declared its condition clear,
Five bruised clouds gathered, dark and wide,
A rapid wind bent every stalk of grass,
And thunder rolled its warning deep inside.

The morning after hushed the world to calm,
No rapid pulse remained in leaf or air,
Five sparrows sang as if the storm had been
A condition met and answered with a prayer.

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This is “After The Storm” by Mumford & Sons

Monday Poetry Prompt: Condition, Five, Rapid

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26 thoughts on “Arriving Storm”

  6. Loving your descriptions, Nancy, … ‘bruised clouds’, …so perfect, … and I’m sure I can hear the sparrows, …singing in musical tune breaking through the hush of a world holding its breath, … 🎶Off to listen to the music 🎶….💙

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