Copyright 2016 by Charley
a brow furrowed
of cumulonimbus
what I then called
thunderstorm clouds galloped
across the city lake on racing
horses bringing
lightning striking
thunder concussing
a forgetting
wind as I huddled
stupidly under a towering
oak branches flailing
rain stinging
eyes shuddering
lake breaking
pacific no more
to this day a forgetting
wind is ingrained
in my wildest nightmares
∞
Jilly tells us that “[‘A forgetting wind’] …came from Uriel by Emerson and it screamed at me with possibility.” She is challenging any and all poets to create a poem utilizing this line. With me it was a no-brainer (one could argue that most of my writing is…). My poem is based on a real event when I was a young (and stupider) teen. Later, as an Air Force meteorologist I considered how fortunate I was not to have made an ash of myself.
dVerse – Poets Pub – OpenLinkNight #176
Life in Portofino 
Love that this prompt worked for you, Charley! The experience is terrifiyingly real and you use well-written sound devices to make it so. Thanks for participating! (Of course, the best part is your ‘ash’ comment at the end!)
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Who can truly resist the opportunity to make a pun? Almost anyone. Glad you enjoyed my effort, Jilly!
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That’s a very cool phrase and I loved how you used it here. There was more than one time when I was a kid caught in a thunderstorm and I huddled under a tree…especially out on the golf course down the street from my house. Very easily could have been ash! 🙂
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Hopefully you weren’t in possession of an iron, ala Travino! I think of Caddyshack as well! Glad you enjoyed my poem. Also glad you didn’t become electric. (boogie….)
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Yes, it must have been very scary.
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Yeah, it was more intense than this poem. But, hey, whatever doesn’t kill you… keeps you up at night with the sweats.
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Who can forget an experience like this….very terrifying indeed Charlie.
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Indeed. Worse than this modest poem can relate. Glad… it scared you? 🙂
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Haunting in a sense! Very direct and greatly expressed, Charley! As per Grace: unforgettable!
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A much more vivid reality. This is the Kodachrome print… not even photoshopped. Glad you liked it, Walt!
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Brilliant write – must have been one helluva of a storm.
“A much more vivid reality” – I can see then why it is firmly ingrained in your wildest nightmares.
Kind regards
Anna :o]
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A thunderstorm viewed from within a climate-controlled enclosure is a faint avatar of the unadulerated reality. …enough to scare the pants off… well, it’s scary! Glad you enjoyed it!
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Truly unforgettable. Scary indeed and excellently written.
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Thank you!
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