after the night’s tempests, temps fall below
boiling point, cool breezes caress the trees
swooning seas of green, undulating slow
blissful air, cool, crisp, no humidity
prisoners of shade, at long last, set free
~kat
The final installment of this first week of July’s daily poem challenge with Jane Dougherty…to write a Terza Rima stanza per day. I’m doing a weekly summation rather than a 30 day epic. The Heat Wave series in whole, below:
Heat Wave
no cool breezes today to temper the heat
waves rising from pavement, hot, smelling of oil
with hints of green, wilting, birds fluttering, tweet
no squirrels scampering; too hot to toil
in sweltering shaded hollows, creatures keep
nighttime’s a blessing, cool, but sleep is spoiled
darkness hovers, raging clouds swell and sweep
low, just over the treetops, growling gloom
rush of rain drops plopping, puddles deep
dark hollows erupt in wild mushrooms
creatures, nocturnal, creep, burrowing low
stale air swirls in darkening rooms
longing for rain is quite futile, you know
this heatwave continues, no end in sight
seconds to minutes the hours tic slow
another scorching day, hazy and bright
cold front a-brewing, thunder rumbling low
sun’s reign of rage, by rain will lose this fight
after the night’s tempests, temps fall below
boiling point, cool breezes caress the trees
swooning seas of green, undulating slow
blissful air, cool, crisp, no humidity
prisoners of shade, at long last set free
~kat
July 7th, 2018 at 11:17 am
Oh! Kat that is fantastic, it flows beautifully. You have kept so on topic. Beautiful writing, well done Kat, I feel the heat! 💜💜
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July 7th, 2018 at 11:20 am
Thank you Willow! I’m amazed it worked! I didn’t really look at previous stanzas trying to make them fit. I was more directed by the weather of the day. Fortunately the heat wave actually did hang on for a week! And today, beautiful cool relief!!! Serendipity! 😊
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July 7th, 2018 at 11:22 am
Yes indeed it smiled on you and it was perfect. Today it is still 31c here!
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July 7th, 2018 at 11:30 am
Today is a cool 22c/71f. People were literally everywhere this morning on my walk with Gabby; sitting on their front porches, moving about. The squirrels were out too. It was a wonderful start to the day!
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July 7th, 2018 at 11:47 am
It sounds delicious, we are all melting here and we are just not used to it 💜💜
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July 7th, 2018 at 12:09 pm
May the cold front venture across the pond soon. 😊
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July 7th, 2018 at 12:09 pm
Oh! Please 💜
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July 7th, 2018 at 3:53 pm
Great way to wind up the week! Phew! I can see why you’d want to mark the occasion 🙂
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July 7th, 2018 at 5:43 pm
Thanks Jane. Yes. On to a new topic tomorrow. 🙂
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July 8th, 2018 at 9:57 am
Not weather, so…
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July 8th, 2018 at 10:02 am
I’m thinking, my other favorite topic, headlines.
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July 8th, 2018 at 10:06 am
I guessed you might be 🙂
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July 7th, 2018 at 4:50 pm
Another Fantabulous series! 😎🥀
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