Heat Wave
by Norma Martiri
Outstretched limbs shelter us
as we slowly sip iced tea.
Sweaty glasses compete against sweaty bodies.
Mango juice drips down our arms as the
familiar summer flavour bursts in our mouths.
The children squeal with cool delight
playing endless games in the spouting sprinkler.
The poor old dog sits in the dirt
panting, panting, struggling.
He listens to the friendly banter
hanging in the stifling air.
Then a sudden breeze wraps around us
like a cool, wet layer of pleasure
that at last offers welcomed relief.
Life is good under the mango tree.
Copyright ©: 2011
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Гавриил Державин – Афинейскому витязю
- Олег Бундур – Ужин
- Aspirations Of The Soul After God by William Cowper
- Icicles round a Tree in Dumfriesshire by Ruth Padel
- Portrait of a Lady by T. S. Eliot
- June poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet IX by William Shakespeare
- The Polar Koala Bear by Robby Charters
- Юнна Мориц – Мой подвал
- Loneliness poem – John Betjeman poems
- Palms and Hearts by Olawuyi Mutiu
- Interrupted Meditation by Robert Hass
- When that I was and a little tiny boy by William Shakespeare
- The Red Lacquer Music-Stand poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The useless counsellor by Ross D Tyler
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