Showing posts with label poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poem. Show all posts

A Summer Storm


 


There's a force

    much bigger than us

In these thundering skies

And in the rain dancing on these thirsty leaves

Far beyond what I can see

    or feel against my skin

 There's a hush calling

    outside my reach

It wets my curiosity

    and suggests a hope in my soul

Just as the crow escapes the threatening sound

    and eagerly anticipates the worm

There's a far away place 

    where thunder recedes

    and in its place, a promise 

    of peace.


copyright Joni James 2026

    

Family On a Shelf


  
Sitting on a shelf

Families reveal their smile

Nothing of the pain

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