Kismet

The wind arrives with sleeves rolled up. All day it stirs the cauldron of the sky. As thunder boils, the clouds explode. Each raindrop falls to its appointed place.

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Patricia Cresswell

Date: 8/6/2017 8:12:00 PM

Sorry about the typo it is meant to be 'captures'. My sight is not great just now.

Alan Ireland
Date: 8/7/2017 2:50:00 AM

Thanks for your comment. Sorry to hear about your sight problems. I see that Dr Mercola has an article on eye health today. It's at https://goo.gl/cjEADu

Patricia Cresswell

Date: 8/6/2017 8:10:00 PM

We have many storms here of late, tornado watches too. It is the unusual becoming usual due to weather changes Your poem matures that intense feeling I get as a storm builds. Excitement and fear equal portions.

Doug Vinson

Date: 4/17/2017 11:43:00 AM

Hi Alan. I like this a lot - very straightforward, and with a satisfying sense of completeness.

Alan Ireland
Date: 4/17/2017 8:38:00 PM

Hi Doug. Thanks. I think "Kismet", which is a Turkish corruption of the Arabic "Qisma", must be related to the Sanskrit "Karma".

Alan Ireland

Date: 4/16/2017 10:00:00 PM

This poem was first published at Vox Poetica.