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
- Николай Языков – Родина
- Robert Burns: Epitaph On Wm. Hood, Senr., In Tarbolton:
- Владимир Луговской – Та, которую я знал
- A Zong Of Harvest Hwome by William Barnes
- Song—A Fiddler in the North by Robert Burns
- The Passing Of Arthur poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Winter’s End by Mac McGovern
- Crazy Jane Grown Old Looks At The Dancers by William Butler Yeats
- Song of Myself by Sir Walter Raleigh
- The Poisoned Present
- Where We Live Now by Philip Levine
- My Paramour Was Loneliness
- A Humble Heroine by William Topaz McGonagall
- Владимир Британишский – Клейнмихель
- Ольга Берггольц – Встреча
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
