In the valley
An empty basin
But for lingering salt
Where once a lake
In the sky
A saltless sea
Atmospheric bounty
Held aloft by the winds
Tag: weather
Epic ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #149
Even on the gloomiest days
The world can seem
Simply epic
If I choose to look for it
And so can I
Weather ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #122
Broken sleek
The hardened shore
In answer to
The winter storms
The hardened shore
In answer to
The winter storms
Here life conforms
To wind and sea
Which cleaves the stone
With crushing wave
Waves
The wave rolls and rolls and rolls
Having crested well out to sea
Up the long, shallow beach
Never with much force
Having crested well out to sea
Up the long, shallow beach
Never with much force
Foamy leading edge
Losing momentum
Energy fading
It hangs
Still
Just
A moment
The Retreat
She retreated
Not because the waves
Had come perilously close
Nor because the wind
Made it difficult to stand
Not because the waves
Had come perilously close
Nor because the wind
Made it difficult to stand
She retreated because she had come
To feel the tumult of the ocean
To feel the battering of the wind
To feel the beauty of violence
Without consciousness
This is why she came here
And for a while
It was beautiful
And calming
Threatening Weather
Windswept ragged
Choppy sea
Islands recede
Occluded grey
Splattered raindrops
Penetrate me
Choppy sea
Islands recede
Occluded grey
Splattered raindrops
Penetrate me
Though I flinch
In a fusillade
Of wind and rain
I stay on deck
Deep breath
Atmosphere ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #120
Three times travelling
Three times atmosphere
Dominates the scene
Three times atmosphere
Dominates the scene
Once pollution
Once wildfire
Once winter storms
Twice undesired
Once intended
Often spectacular
Demanding
A different
Perspective
Raincoast
On a dour grey day
In this ashen light
Spectacular seems
Not to apply
In this ashen light
Spectacular seems
Not to apply
And yet…
Above the boughs
Perched on rocky cliff
Perturbed sea
Sullen clouds
Mountains from sea through sky
Atmosphere
This land of Sea to Sky
Is formidable enough
Without the sky going
All stormy doom-like
Is formidable enough
Without the sky going
All stormy doom-like
So when it does
I shout out
To the atmospheric mayhem
Into the Wind
Buffeted
But unharmed
With closed eyes
Quiet mind
Feel the wind
But unharmed
With closed eyes
Quiet mind
Feel the wind
Ruffled and
Unsteadied
Solid stance
Discovered
Stronger now
Balance found
Face the wind
Face the rush
Of events
Step forward
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