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
- Владимир Маяковский – За 10 месяцев 1920 года… (РОСТА №748)
- To Double Lock by Pierre Reverdy
- Ольга Седакова – И меня удивило
- Ballad de soul by Neelam Sinha
- Rile Me Up! by Michael D Wentworth
- How Sweet I Roam’d by William Blake
- How I Walked Alone in the Jungles of Heaven by Vachel Lindsay
- Rapture by Neil Outar
- Pensive and Faltering. by Walt Whitman
- A Civil War by Satish Verma
- rice_pudding.html
- Омар Хайям – Мир любви обрести без терзаний нельзя
- Crapulous Impression
- On the Death of John M’Leod, Esq. by Robert Burns
- Яков Полонский – Чтобы песня моя разлилась как поток
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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).
