Sounding the alarm
There’s a warning loud in the air today
garden slowly crisping curled, ungreening
where the sun’s ferocious flattening the large-leaved
hydrangeas, Christmas rose gasping
even the sages struggling, the sparrows silenced
cacophony not after all ceaseless
when the thermometer’s dreadfully high
the heatwave graphics fire-engine red
barely a merciful breeze
all will sapped
cicada chorus buzzing louder louder
sounding the alarm
July 13th 2022,Hounoux.
Frim Ros:- ‘ Thank you Sally, inspirational as always.
ReplyDeleteFrom Pam Richards:- Your poem sums it up perfectly
From Lyn:- that captures the heat perfectly Sal and the alarm one can’t help feeling along with the birds.
From Sue Pascoe :- Your poem. I love the minimum of words just saying it all . A real skill of both imagination and craft. Thank you.
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