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monsoon

Summer-nap

2022 February 17th2011 July 3rd

I drifted into a summer-nap
under the hot shade of July
serenaded by a cicadae lullaby
to drowsy-warm dreams
of distant thunder…

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Lunch Break Journal Tags arizona, dreams, insects, monsoon, nature, phoenix, poems, seasons, sleep, summer, thunder, weather

Summer wonder

2023 January 30th2007 August 4th

late June, monsoon — kaboom!
patter, splatter, fat drops gather
splats, taps, windowpane raps
wind whips, swish, whish —
summer’s rumbling thunder
flash, crash, lightning dash
plash, splash, sky unlashed!

—Terri Guillemets

Categories Creativity Journal Tags arizona, favorites, monsoon, poems, popular, rain, senses, sky, sounds, storms, summer, weather

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