Thunderstorm

Rumbling noise

filtered by rain 

Stains or drops wash away dust

Must I now trudge through this mess? 

Best to stay home

And let the thunder

 Fill me with awe and wonder 

There’s another bang

Gangs of gray clouds are meeting 

For a finale of a brawl 

The fat lady sings ~

Her trio of tremolos 

Scares the earth into hiding

Riding on the horizon

 Is a snippet of sunlight 

Signaling the end 

 Of this tormenting sky fight.

Author's Note

Image by Ben Hall Photography.

Reviews

[Lavi]

I love this. I've never read anything like it either. I love the symbolism you used. My mind almost strayed when you mention the Fat Lady to Harry Potter (I apologize) but my love of storms, fortunately, kept me hanging. Sometimes I entertain the thought of missing work just to watch the storms rage overhead. Good write.

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

Nothing like the sound of thunder clapping and the smell and sound of rain- electric lightening — fork lightening- quite amazing- could feel the atmosphere you describe well written🌹

[SleeplessVolcano]

Thank you for your review! Petrichor ~ the smell of the earth after rain, is one of my favorite words which also blends nicely with "rain" poems though I could not manage to weave it into this one.....maybe the next one :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

"For a finale of a brawl
The fat lady sings ~
Her trio of tremolos
Scares the earth into hiding..."

I always feel safer inside a house, remembering the words of my grandmother, to always be still during a storm. And yet the falling rain is a most comforting sound, until the thunderous clap rattles our consciousness again. Oh, the drama and the trauma of it all!

[SleeplessVolcano]

Tx Kelly.....I live in a desert, so when we get rain, it is quite an experience..! I wanted to capture the lightening for a pic but I guess an iPhone is not suitable for such dramatic images.....

[emmajoy]

Such a visual post, words gasped almost in step with the event's moods. Picture perefect, superb. |A near perfect post except for the final two phrases.. but a juggle of words would create wonder!

[SleeplessVolcano]

Thanks so much :) Any suggestions for the last two lines? I’ve been told that I don’t “finish well”....;)

[emmajoy]

Oh dear, this is your poem, your inspiriation.. let me think (hard job!). 'Perhaps, 'Calling the end of such a torment of sky-fight' - less syllables...

[SleeplessVolcano]

Lol@ inspiration....I think it is overrated....perspiration is a better measure for excellence, I think, and most of us may like the required determination for genuine masterpieces....thanks for the edit suggestion....I’m still running in the storm, rerouting an outdoor BBQ indoors hehe

[SleeplessVolcano]

Oops not like, lack lol rain is affecting my brain....

[emmajoy]

It's fine.. i understand Typotongue very well!

I've given up on the masterpiece dream, i just scribble and hope for the best. !

[SleeplessVolcano]

Aaahhh, now that’s a line for a poem...”given up on the masterpiece dream” ;)

[emmajoy]

The aim of a writer is to make language stand on its head.. dk if i laid that quote or some other genius did!!!!