Best Lightning Poems

Lightning rarely strikes without thunder,
causing havoc in gloomy skies.
Humans can't control their plunder,
seeking shelter until the storm dies.

Once, I was your prince - full of charm
and you my willing Cinderella.
Kept you safe from storms that could harm,
just like a human umbrella.

We danced from spring until...

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A spark cast by a careless deed,
it catches fire and sparks twigs weed.
A hushed town that is dull at last,
a Careless deed, by a spark cast.

East winds howl to display their might,
and spout flames to a sturdy height.
Blaze any grace in that house foul,
to display...

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Into the mist which settles upon the waters
Tempered elements connect and clash
Each vying for dominance within their domain
Lightning chases Thunder throughout forlorn skies
The harder she cracks her brilliant, whip the further he runs
In pain he roars through pitch black skies
Man stands in awe of the...

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I'm as free as the wind as I sway in the saddle!
I love life!  There's no clutter, nothing to addle!
I give my faithful horse Wild Lightning free rein,
As we meander across God's magnificent terrain!

My pal Spooks trots ahead surveying sagebrush and crags.
I sense that...

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In the grand theatre 
Opening in the Heaven,s 
Drifting across the sky, 
cloaked in darkness 

Whistling unseen voices 
Darkened within rage, 
nature's forces 
At work 
Rising wind salute 

In static 
hair raising 
Falling down the spine 
Banging drums 
Growling almighty roars 

Grumbling unforeseen forces 
Churning...

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Sprinkle salt and pepper upon my distasteful flavor
It’s been a while, baby
Since I saw you smile freely
I like to say ‘yes’…I’d like to say ‘yes’
To your beautiful face…
It was never a disgrace
Graceful gifts exchange
Waiting for a change for a change

White lightning
Can be rather frightening
Mighty storms...

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lightning, powerful
blue, quick-silvered, the lands
amber-torched, so quick


      August 20, 2020
         7pm PST


Remembering Northern California that still burns...


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Sky-to-land flashes,
                             Bright boughs clawing through blackness,
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                                       saber is sharpened
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Take away the frost of winter,
rid the land of biting snow,
then who would praise the warmth of August,
how could April rivers flow?

Hush the deafening crash of thunder,
dull the flash of lightning's thorn,
and who would feel the calm of silence,
when the still of dawn is born?

Sow...

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august thunderstorm
lightshow on the horizon
~ grumbling ovations



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted on June 27, 2021 for contest SUMMER HAIKU sponsored by TANIA KITCHIN - RANKED 3RD...

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dark clouds brewing
rolling thunder, lightning strikes
     stormy afternoon...

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How was I to know a lightning bolt
would zig-zag into me? My body lies there on the ground,
a nurse, doing CPR.
Shocked voices. All eyes focused on the victim.
	
While over the way, I stand. Separate. Watching. 
I move to tap a friend’s shoulder, saying,  that’s...

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Lightning in a bottle 
That is my little firefly 
I gotcha right out of 
The summer night sky 

Gently captured now 
In an old glass canning jar 
You twinkle, twinkle, twinkle 
Just like a little star 

Riled up and startled 
With a tap... tap... tap
Awaken...

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When skies are grey and clouds are weeping, 
Lightning hurls its fiery thorn,
Reach for the stars behind the clouds, 
There shines a sun beyond the storm.
Beyond the clouds the sun is reigning 
In its ceaseless majesty,
Clouds will pass and then at last 
The sun will...

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