♠ Poetry Sketches A to D ♠

August tornado

[ASR] A short poem that has actually been published.

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August tornado

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Swept away by hail
All gone, except the bitterness
we won't release to God.

The clouds respond with glee.
Lights dance with Thunder,
a deep voiced bass,
pounding, makes our hearts beat
with the fear that what we know
will end, in a gust of wind.

Sirens scrape the nerves. On edge,
the sultry air reminds us all was ocean
once, before the land rose up
to meet the lowering sky.

Kåre Enga © 2004

catalogue number: [161.487.LOS.KS]
23 august 2004.

Note: published in The Lawrencian.