Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Surprise

I just opened up my Utah State Poetry Society's Panorama book and found I have a poem in there published under Lin Vernon Lloyd. Not sure who she is, but it's my poem "Sudden Storm." No one told me it was accepted for the book, but there it is under my alias....lol! It's an old poem that I've worked and reworked many times trying to improve it.


SUDDEN STORM

Rain falls in the Mohave desert
relief to summer’s extreme heat
You left so suddenly I didn’t expect that
Cloudbursts shoot piercing hailstones
Lightning strikes charge the air
Shattering my peaceful secure world
A summer storm sweeps in suddenly
Scattering wildlife with its frantic fury
Uncovering all camouflage
Flash floods unleash nature’s power
Sweeping away lonely dirt roads
Crushed dreams and broken promises remain
Temperatures drop
Coolness comes quickly
I pray, finding solace in surrender
Cactii and wildflowers explode in color
Unexpected beauty in a forgotten place