Saturday, July 13, 2013

Soggy Time

Everything is a penetrating, powerful, green.
Intense, it almost burns the eyes
With knife-edge charm.
Thousands of greens pulsating with threatening rhythm
Like a giant breathing beast.
It is has rained for three weeks.
Inches and ounces and quarts and gallons
Washing away all sins.

Strange forms emerge in the lawn
Providing shelter to tiny insects.



Everything is waiting, tired of waiting, for the sun
and surrenders to let its freak flags fly.


Even the sunsets are ominous
Like a smokey, choking moisture veil
Hiding the end of the day
And smothering the sun.


Heading across the bridge
At the end of the day
Challenges our spirits.
But soon we will be rewarded 
with our usual July Sauna.



16 comments:

  1. wow that is a rather freaky sunset...interesting color..i love little toadtools...we were looking at the tiniest ones when we were out for the fireworks...the lichen as well, nature is just cool...ha

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  2. I really like the photos of shrooms growing in the grass. There must be little fairies dancing about somewhere, celebrating all that green.

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  3. beautiful picture of the mushroom. we are so dry here it seems impossible to water enough. it rained yesterday in town, stopped short of us by about a half mile. close, but no cigar.

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  4. Love the photos and your words too!
    Very well written.
    Have a good weekend.

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  5. Rain can bring so much good and so much bad -- like fire.

    Beautiful pics, and your words, too.

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  6. I like your descriptive poetry that goes along with great photos. I think it would be very lush in your area.

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  7. Images ate beautiful
    and that same day after day rain
    was in my area - think it has left.

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  8. Lovely....always.

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  9. So well matched - the pictures and the poetry. And I loved the little sheltering insect.

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  10. Your words describe beautifully what is going on in your part of the country.
    Love the pics
    Hugs
    SUeAnn

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  11. Charming mushrooms pictures. Looks like a little fairy swimming pool. Or dragonflies maybe.

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  12. What a journey, from your garden on to bridge, fantastic photos.

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  13. Neat post - love the freak flags flying and the toadstool bug bath!

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  14. Beautifully written, the text is a triumph, would stand alongside any poem, I'm thinking. And the images aint arf good too!

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  15. Your poetry is so beautiful and your photos bring it all to life even more. Have a wonderful week.

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  16. Beautiful! Beautiful words and beautiful pictures.
    I just LOVE the photo of the mushroom looking like a bird bath.

    And that yard of yours! WOW!
    Kindly send some of that rain this way, please. :)

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