Lightning

Storm Damage

Posted by Paul F. Lenzi on January 23, 2018

Posted in: Jorio, POETRY. Tagged: Fear, Lightning, Rain, Storm, Thunder, Weather, Wind. 7 Comments

“Long Time” by Emil Nolde

rain scours intaglio sorrows

wind speaks nameless fears

lightning burns bereft hearts

thunder cracks open doom

From my book Pieces of Wine

Some Body Parts Age Faster

Posted by Paul F. Lenzi on October 25, 2016

Posted in: Free Verse, POETRY. Tagged: Aging, Lightning, Thunder, Weather. 21 Comments

“Joseph in the Pit” by Caleb Adams

(originally posted June 2013)

thunder stumbles in the dark
bumping about the night stage
lagging its lightning quick
flashes of sight

I enjoy the atmospheric comedy
until it hits home that my feet
are also too slow and clumsy
for my eyes

Psychic Storms

Posted by Paul F. Lenzi on August 29, 2014

Posted in: Free Verse, POETRY. Tagged: Fear, Lightning, Storm, Violence, War, Weather. 15 Comments

Photo by roadrunners
From abundanthope.net

flashing seams jagged splits
rip the sky crack electrical
whips dagger-tipped solid
flames stab at mountaintops
jolting deep igneous brains
blackened tree corpses
futilely rooted bear vehement
evidence violence visits itself
unexplained without purpose
burning both bark and the pith
of ten-thousand year growth
with impunity leaving whole
civilized landscapes to wail
lamentations their lachrymal
faces upturned to their fears
of more helpless tomorrows