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
- Владимир Солоухин – У моря
- Галина Гампер – Я повторяю, сердце остужая
- The Return by Rudyard Kipling
- Our Abode In Arby Wood by William Barnes
- Алишер Навои – Луна в носилках, о постой
- The Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre
- On the Death of a Young Gentleman by Phillis Wheatley
- Николай Огарев – Хандра
- Those seven days by Vinaya Kumar Hanumanthappa
- Ode to Winter by Thomas Campbell
- Владимир Высоцкий – Ленинградская блокада
- Владимир Маяковский – Вот о помощи голодающим отчет (Главполитпросвет №367)
- Николай Языков – Элегия (Поденщик, тяжело навьюченный дровами)
- A Cure At Porlock poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- I Sit and Look Out. by Walt Whitman
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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).
