Poetry – A Perfect Summer Thunderstorm
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David Riaño Cortés
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A Perfect Summer Thunderstorm
by Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2020
Nature performs a pre-dawn
concerto of red cardinal
and red-breasted robin
birdsongs.
Daybreak.
Early summer landscape
permeated by a hot breeze
a short gust
sporadic puffs
intense rain
on yellow zinnias.
Japanese maple tree is
A crimson waterfall
of intricate cut leaves
splashed onto stony ground
conceals
hidden mourning dove
crouched silently in shadows
spreads sturdy grey wings low
shelters her nest
Evening.
Wild plants flourish
like an invasion
in a wind-swept vortex
preoccupied with infiltration
planting and sowing
the nightly routine.
Virginia Creeper vines twist around
sensitive wild pink peonies
all-night showers emboldened
the graceful bright green
Lacey Lady Ferns saturated by the routine
concoction of dynamic symmetry.
A summer thunderstorm.
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“A perfect summer thunderstorm” published in Magnets and Ladders Literary Magazine, Spring/Summer edition, 2021.
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