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Thunder Poems - Poems about Thunder

The Thunder Rolls
The thunder rolls as the sky flashes bright. The clouds roll in as the lightning strikes. The children all tucked in snug in their bed, as mom walks away, "I'm scared", they all said. You hear that sound, she...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, child, childhood, god, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Thunder in the night
torn between what's good and right silence at times is quite unbearable time's a bomb that's unpredictable casting its fair share of earnest fright i stumble in the night asking what is real my heart's no help i don't know...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, angst, anxiety, longing, relationship,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Storm
The Storm The winds of anger blow fierce against me. Cold sheets of driven rain like tears sting my eyes. Growling thunder strikes terror in my heart. I fear the deadly strike of charged bolts of retribution. I see the eye of the storm approaching. In...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, storm,
Form: Free verse
Pablo Neruda: English translation of 'Macchu Picchu'
The Heights of Macchu Picchu, Canto VIII by Pablo Neruda translation by Michael R. Burch Ascend with me, my American love! Let’s kiss these mysterious stones together! The Urubamba’s torrential silver lures pollen to fly from its golden chalice while above this...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, america, earth, kiss, life,
Form: Free verse
Son of Sleep, Father of Thunder
Weeping walls of heralded hallows, Sweetless seam of darkening shadows, Seldom son of sickening honour, Shall bring, shall bring, this darkening hour. So sweet, so sweet, this tallowing cower, Shall bring, shall bring, his darkening hour, So come, so come, the...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, birth, child, death, father,
Form: Rhyme



Dream Song of the Thunders from the Chippewa
Dream Song of the Thunders Chippewa saying translation by Michael R. Burch Sometimes I bemoan my “plight” when all the while the wind bears me across the immense sky. What is life? The flash of a firefly. The breath of the winter buffalo. The...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, dream, native american, song,
Form: Free verse
A Silent Thunder
The dark clouds pur, And there's nothing but blur. While the cool breeze whispers , The thunder awaits to strike. The grass murmurs, A big storm is coming. And the lightning has struck, The thunder awaits to strike. On a quiet full moon...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, 10th grade, africa, cool,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lightning
I traveled 50 miles, To listen to the screams of skies, And to feel the pounding of droplets, As the sky showed me its demise. In its fury it banished the stars, And under the lighting it poured. The pain it...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, abuse, adventure, beauty, home,
Form: Rhyme
found my valentine
a laugh like thunder shattering a frozen heart ~ be my valentine...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, love, valentines day,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Preceded By Thunder
Neon days are preceded by thunder. Neon days didn’t warn me about success, neon days are built from the struggle; Neon days do not show your sacrifice, neon days attract flies to your light; Neons days never simply appear, neon days...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, emotions, feelings, introspection,
Form: List
The sound of thunder
Everyone yelling and screaming gets really tiring Everyone saying they're better Everyone's pride beaming Everyone trying to one up one another It starts to sound like a crack of thunder Everyone yelling sounds like an endless riot I'll never get peace...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, 5th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lullabies of Thunder
The sun has taken a day off, sleeping in blankets of silver while the Earth dances a slow pirouette, like the venerable ballerina she is, on her axis. I ponder the grayness while thinking of...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, Lullaby, sleep, weather,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thunderous Silence
Ebony and ivory soldiers stand sentinel on checkered plains, their shadows stretching across the polished wood. The mind becomes a blade, thoughts crystallise in the space between heartbeats. Each move echoes like thunder in an empty room, while...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, celebration, courage, endurance, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Fully empty
Heavy rainfall fully emptied the streets, A thunderclap shattered the loud silence, Frightened animals made some quiet noise, Smiling cries from the sky mocked the city, Farm crops sadly rejoiced to the warm cold. That day, rain was their friendly...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, imagery, imagination, life, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In the midst of the storm, when the sky breaks into whispers of thunder
In the midst of the storm, when the sky breaks into whispers of thunder, I lose myself in the tumult of thoughts, like in an untamed sea, And my steps are heavy with the mud of fear,...Read the rest...
Categories: thunder, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

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