A Sudden Storm Poem by asma bahrainwala

A Sudden Storm

Rating: 5.0


The blinding light
Of the brightest ever sun
Suddenly shrouded
By a thick pall of impenetrable darkness.

A strange silence engulfs.

A sudden chill creeps in;
The wind begins to blow
Gently-wildly-ferociously,
Forming a dense screen of dust.

The wind gains momentum.

It sucks the dry leaves
Up towards the sky,
A greedy funnel forms;
The trees sashay to the rhythm.

The wind begins to howl.

A roaring thunder roars,
Alarms the mighty earth,
Rips it off its grave silence,
And shoves it into utter chaos.

A frightening darkness befalls.

Now, I can hear the sky
Shrieking with pain;
Thunder-bolt and lightening,
Now it breaks into rain.

A heavenly downpour.

The anger subsides;
Tears begin to flow;
Nature reconciles.

A cool breeze gently blows.

A curious sun peeps,
Spreading a bright smile;
Darkness evaporates.

The landscape dazzles again.



2nd October 2006

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Babasaheb Salve 31 March 2007

strongly it reminds Wordsworth

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Jibin Joseph 04 January 2007

hi asma great thought Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that is forever flowing through one's head a 10 for ur storm of thoughts peace jibin...........

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Peter A. Crowther 16 December 2006

This is really superb descriptive writing; I'm not surprised it has got so many '10s'.

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Diane Violet 09 December 2006

The life of a storm fabulously depicted in this poem. the imagery and structure outstanding. All the best, Diane

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Melvina Germain 03 December 2006

The imagry in this poem is absolutely fantastic, thanks for the running explanations, fabulous--great poem Asma--Melvina--

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Melvina Germain 12 June 2015

Wow that certainly took me on a dynamic journey. Thank you Asma.....

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Ron Flowers 22 June 2008

A real good poem. Very vivid.

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Vidyadhar Durgekar 08 March 2008

good poem................

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Roopa Menon 08 October 2007

Nice poem. Please keep writing

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Melvina Germain 26 August 2007

A remarkable description of a storm and it fury, your imagry is spectacular. You paint a fantastic pictue and you do it well. Excellent work Asma, I truly enjoyed the read.--Melivna--

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