This month Women Writing for (a) Change-Bloomington poets are participating in National Poetry Writing Month. Every day we will offer up a new poem by a writer in our community. Check back after 6:00pm for the Prompt of the Day and the selected resulting poem.
Day 10, April 10, 2019 Today’s challenge is to write a poem that starts from a regional phrase, particularly one to describe a weather phenomenon.
Weather by Beverly Wong
Partly Cloudy
20% chance of rain
Clearing in the afternoon
The clouds smatter
Pockets blue sky
A gentle mist falls silently
The sun peers through
Rain in the forecast
Storm front arrives on the coast
Gale warnings in effect
Beware of high waves
Rain is foretold in my bones
Dark clouds brood along the shore
A tempest to rival all others
Gigantic waves signal flight
Possible thunderstorms in the mountains
Heavy downpours expected
Flash flooding in lower elevations
Thor rumbles in the mountains
Casts his hammer down
Sparks illuminate the night sky
Cascade of water from the heavens
Swollen rivers spill onto the land