Apr 24, 2008 | 11:06 PM
Category:
Weather
Image of shelf cloud (c) 2007, Karla Dorman (taken 6/3/07 in Burleson, Texas)
"U.F.O." (With Picture!)
Don't tell
me there are no such things
as U.F.O.s. The mother ship
parked right. Overhead! We under
the sky read the message, knew it
would be bad. It looked like "War of
The Worlds" with the lightning veining
the turbulence and the wind and
rain slashing down. Thankfully, no
damage here, but it was one of
the scariest storms I'd ever
seen: got the picture to prove it!
(c) 2007, Karla Dorman
Apr 18, 2008 | 10:09 PM
Category:
Weather
... used to the room going black,
spinning, as if the storm
reversed itself back into
my bed. Lightning flashes
oneonethousandtwoonethou - :
never reach three before
the Howling screams me awake,
neatly stopping the heart.
Happens again and again,
these spasms of panic
throwing me onto the floor
safely out of harm's way:
try telling that to my fear.
(c) 2007, Karla Dorman; Image (c) 2006, Karla Dorman.
Apr 18, 2008 | 10:03 PM
Category:
Weather
Picture: reds, yellows, greens
on the radar screen: might
be pretty, but tell that
to those living under
the swirling color, black:
the storm does not give a
rip about color schemes
as it rearranges
towns, lives, buildings, to its
satisfaction, despite
what the weatherman says.
It doesn't care about
how it looks, how it will
come across on TV --
all it has on its mind
is creating chaos,
getting out before it
gets caught on video:
wasn't q u i t e quick enough.
(c) 2007, Karla Dorman; Image (c) 2005, Karla Dorman.
May 16, 2007 | 9:34 PM
Category:
Weather
I am the StormSpinner,
writing poems on the clouds with
lightning's flash;
my words whisper into
your ears on the rush of wind and
in the rain;
I am a gentle soul,
not given to devastation --
that's not me.
I am the StormSpinner:
sharing excitement in thunder's
booming voice;
taking photographs of
the wonder of Nature, while writing
about it;
I am a gentle soul,
not given to devastation --
that's not me.
(c) 2006, Karla Dorman.
