General Poetry posted April 7, 2024

BethShelby

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Sometimes April wets the earth with more than showers.

The Storms of April

by BethShelby

When April storms begin to build
my heart is thrilled
The scent of rain
beguiles my brain.
The sky turns black with roiling rage
and sets the stage
for spring’s new birth
upon our earth.
The flashing lightning splits the sky
Cicadas cry

Their years have passed
They're free at last.

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2024

Maybe I'm a little strange. I've been in enough tornados to know better, but there is something about a thunderstorm which I find thrilling. Cicadas spend either 13 or 17 years in the ground. In Spring they emerge to fill the air with sound.

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Sometimes April wets the earth with more than showers.

The Storms of April

by BethShelby

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