Writing on the Edge of Dawn

I write
on the edge of dawn
waiting for the light of day.

I write
on the edge of silence
listening to the nightingales song.

I write
on the edge of mourning
waiting for tears to fall.

I write
on the edge of dawn
as the light of a new day
reveals the beauty of love.

Another day, another poem, or the beginning of another poem. Sometimes the words just pop into my head and I have to write them down. Sometimes I spend several minutes or hours just staring at the screen or a dishpan full of water waiting for the lightning of inspiration. Sometimes I begin a poem one way and it ends in another. Sometimes I change themes or subjects in the middle of the poem.

Writing During a Thunderstorm in Las Vegas

It is Sunday, July 7, and I am writing during a thunderstorm. I can hear the thunder grumbling. I can look out my window and watch oak tree limbs waving in the wind. I can see birds flying from tree to tree, but I cannot see any lightning or raindrops.

It is not raining yet. The clouds look like rain clouds. The thunder sounds like rain thunder, if that type of thunder sounds different from any other type of thunder. I do not see any lightning, but lightning is so quick unless I am looking in the right direction I could not see it. All the thunder appears to be doing now is threatening. I have turned off the computers I am sitting on the couch in the living room composing this entry.

It is raining! I got up to turn off the computer I have put into hibernation earlier today (I forgot I put into hibernation instead of turning it off). Since I had put it into hibernation, the computer turned itself back on for some reason. Since it was thundering, which comes with lightning, I had to get up off the couch and turn it off.

After I turned the computer off, I looked out my window, saw a puddle of water in my driveway, and raindrops falling into the puddle. I do not know when the rain will stop, but as soon as it does, I will post this entry.

Do I hear thunder?

Gray clouds promise rain
A cool September morning
Do I hear thunder

Last night, I heard thunder and saw lightning flash. It did not rain in my Las Vegas neighborhood; however, another part of the city could have received rain. A moment ago, I heard what sounded like distant thunder, all though it could have been something else I heard.