Don’t rush for coverphoto © Fir0002
for there is inspiration to be found.
Don’t rush for cover
when a rumbling summer storm hovers.
Let your senses be filled with wild wind sounds,
skin tingling wet from the rain falling down,
Don’t rush for cover!kat ~ 24 August 2016
A Rondelet for Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge this week. The prompt is Summer Storm. The Rondelet is a French form consisting of a single septet with two rhymes and one refrain:AbAabbA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats. The refrain is written in tetra-syllabic or dimeter and the other lines are twice as long – octasyllabic or tetrameter.
like mercury colliding... 
August 24th, 2016 at 10:31 am
I like the sentiment in this one, and the urgency of the refrain.
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August 24th, 2016 at 11:43 am
Stand in the storm and scream!!
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August 24th, 2016 at 11:53 am
Haha! Or dance! Or BOTH!!! ☔️
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August 24th, 2016 at 12:05 pm
Oh, I like this! It just swings along, makes me want to run outside and play in the rain.
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August 24th, 2016 at 12:10 pm
I’m in! Love a good jaunt in a summer storm! 😊
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August 24th, 2016 at 2:56 pm
The fewer clothes the better……..who’s ready!
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August 24th, 2016 at 3:14 pm
Haha! That sounds like fun.
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August 24th, 2016 at 6:30 pm
OK but as long as there is no lightning or tornadoes, lol!
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August 24th, 2016 at 7:51 pm
Haha! Oh…0kay Kathryn, if you insist! 😉
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August 24th, 2016 at 10:03 pm
i’m being “literal”, R’n’t I? — as I KNOW your intent, but I think of the swift and immediate lightning-hurling torrential downpour stuff which hits us a few times a year …. RUN AWAY!
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August 24th, 2016 at 10:22 pm
Of course! Though I do love storms! I once lived in a house with a west-east breezeway running between the main house and an apartment. I used to sit in the breezeway when one of those storms you describe approached, wind swept and soaked from sideways flowing rain. I might be a little crazy…but I loved it! 😀
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August 25th, 2016 at 12:23 pm
I had a breezeway that was great for summer storms, as well. The best shows always seemed to be at night.
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August 25th, 2016 at 12:27 pm
Yes! or at dusk! There was a huge pasture across the street from my house and mountains in the distance. I loved seeing the flashes in the distance and being hit first by the storm front, all blustery and wet! 🙂
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August 25th, 2016 at 8:44 pm
A great refrain that spurs the rest on.
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August 25th, 2016 at 9:20 pm
Thanks. The refrain is key. I love when it works.
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August 26th, 2016 at 8:12 am
My pleasure.
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August 26th, 2016 at 5:48 pm
Beautiful!
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August 26th, 2016 at 9:08 pm
❤️
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August 26th, 2016 at 9:13 pm
nice one, don’t rush for cover! xx
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August 26th, 2016 at 9:15 pm
I have a feeling you’d be right out there with me Lynn!😜
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August 26th, 2016 at 9:58 pm
oh yeah!!!
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August 26th, 2016 at 11:44 pm
😀
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August 28th, 2016 at 10:41 am
Great rondelet advice 🙂
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August 28th, 2016 at 10:45 am
Thanks Janice! I love a good summer storm up close and personal!
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August 30th, 2016 at 4:21 am
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August 30th, 2016 at 4:45 am
Oh yes, Kat! Inspiration to be found in storms – you’ve proved it!
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August 30th, 2016 at 6:31 am
I do love a good storm! 😊
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August 30th, 2016 at 6:17 am
That was certainly my philosophy when I was a child!
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August 30th, 2016 at 6:32 am
Haha! I suppose a part of me never grew up! 😉
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August 30th, 2016 at 6:46 am
Lovely!
Sometimes I love summer storms, and I love to watch them.
But we’ve had some scary ones where trees came down, and a tornado last summer (missed our town, but hit surrounding areas)–so now I do get anxious if they’re too fierce.
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August 30th, 2016 at 8:52 am
I do agree with you there Merril. It’s wise to take precautions when a tempest rolls in! 😊
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August 30th, 2016 at 10:52 am
🙂
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