THE WIND
From the gentlest breeze,
Tickling the flower petals
And the long grass seeds,
To a full blown hurricane,
Venting its anger in a destructive path,
A swathe of devastation from whence it came
Until, at last,
Energy spent,
It
Subsides,
Tame as a lion,
Engorged,
Lolling in the shade,
Asleep.
©DGA 13 August 2011 09:38
13/08/2011 at 10:22 am
Nicely descriptive! I like the gentle beginning, surge, and then quiet finish again.
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13/08/2011 at 11:11 am
Thanks so much Col. 🙂
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13/08/2011 at 10:34 am
another resounding success.
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13/08/2011 at 11:11 am
Thank you Patrecia. 😀
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13/08/2011 at 10:39 am
WoW!!! What an allegory!
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13/08/2011 at 11:14 am
Thank you so much Sunamu! 😀
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13/08/2011 at 11:16 am
aloha Adeeyoyo – interesting movement from breeze into lion. lion as breeze. breeze as lion. sometimes it’s more important how things are a like than how they are different. cool. aloha.
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13/08/2011 at 1:25 pm
Hi Rick, I was just thinking of how alike wild animals and wild weather are… Thanks for the visit and comment. 🙂
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13/08/2011 at 2:46 pm
The hurricanes that have come and gone through Miami, Florida over the years are certainly engorged. They took so much of us with them.
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13/08/2011 at 3:28 pm
That’s what I meant Carl, they are like ravenous animals until they’ve been fed.
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13/08/2011 at 3:20 pm
Now that’s a crescendo and decrescendo! Beautifully measured, Denise!
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13/08/2011 at 3:36 pm
Thank you so much Kate. 😀
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13/08/2011 at 8:52 pm
I like the idea of the wind “[l]olling in the shade”… 🙂
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14/08/2011 at 5:19 am
Haha, Ruth, me too! 😆
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14/08/2011 at 3:47 am
It’s interesting to watch the wind appear and disappear at will ~ building and dissipating in intensity from lamb to lion.
Well done, Denise.
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14/08/2011 at 5:24 am
The wind is really fascinating in it’s characteristics, Nancy. It way outdoes wild animals in it’s ferocity!
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15/08/2011 at 3:57 am
the wind can be pretty nasty…did you see the news on the tennessee state fair where it blew the stage over last nigh during a concert killing 5
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15/08/2011 at 4:08 am
Yes! Wow, nature can have such strength – almost unbelievable!
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15/08/2011 at 7:19 am
I agree with Kate, Denise. A beautiful piece of descriptive writing.
Hope things are going well, my friend.
John
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15/08/2011 at 7:40 am
Yes, John, I’m progressing well. In fact, faster than I thought I would. Thank you for asking and for the kind comment. 🙂
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16/08/2011 at 2:03 am
Cool poem 🙂
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16/08/2011 at 3:21 am
Thanks Gabrielle. 😀
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18/08/2011 at 5:36 am
I like the image of ‘tame as a lion’ because as we all know there is nothing particularly tame about a lion even after feeding time. It may be still, it may be spent, but it could strike at any moment. Very well done!
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18/08/2011 at 6:07 am
You read my mind, Selma. Thanks! 🙂
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