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Poems A-Z Lightning

6/7/2010

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Power from up above, the convergence of hot and cold

The flash across the sky, the rumble of big and bold

Lightning streaks across the plains

Smiting tree with burning pains

Foreboding sky and parched ground

The curtain falls with crashing sound

Stage is set the show to start

Flashing lights and failing heart

To the left and to the right

Will this show go on all night

A flood breaks loose way up on high

As if lightning ripped the sky

Booming sound now settles down

Thirsty earth begins to drown

Darkness settles high aloft

Light show switch has now gone off

Peace now comes to desert scene

The violent show is quite serene

But power is waiting up above

For clouds to start their push and shove

David Kettler

Written 4/10/09

The word for “L” was lightning. Writing this poem brought back many memories of fantastic lightning storms. One was when we were traveling across the country by train when I was about 12 or 13. We were somewhere in the Mid-West and we were sitting in an observance car which had an all glass roof. It was during a lightning storm and the lightning would start at the horizon and go all the way past our car to where we had to turn around to see it. I remember it was awesome. Also on our motor home trip with Mark and Cheri in 2000, we were treated to a beautiful lightning storm in Alberta Canada.   



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