Heat Wave
by Norma Martiri
Outstretched limbs shelter us
as we slowly sip iced tea.
Sweaty glasses compete against sweaty bodies.
Mango juice drips down our arms as the
familiar summer flavour bursts in our mouths.
The children squeal with cool delight
playing endless games in the spouting sprinkler.
The poor old dog sits in the dirt
panting, panting, struggling.
He listens to the friendly banter
hanging in the stifling air.
Then a sudden breeze wraps around us
like a cool, wet layer of pleasure
that at last offers welcomed relief.
Life is good under the mango tree.
Copyright ©: 2011
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Василий Казин – На могиле матери
- You Can Have It by Philip Levine
- My Song by Rabindranath Tagore
- Владимир Маяковский – ПОДХОДИ, ТОВАРИЩ, СМОТРИ ЛУЧШЕ… (Главполитпросвет №69)
- Morning Poem #43 by Wanda Phipps
- Between the Dusk of a Summer Night by William Ernest Henley
- The Lovely Maïd Ov Elwell Meäd by William Barnes
- Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness poem – Alexander Pope
- To a friend by Vinko Kalinić
- Sonnet CXLVIII by William Shakespeare
- To Mr. Cyriack Skinner Upon His Blindness poem – John Milton poems
- Objector by William Stafford
- The Spires Of Oxford by Winifred Mary Letts
- Friend by Rabindranath Tagore
- Владимир Маяковский – Не предаваясь “большевистским бредням” (Красный перец)
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Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
