Month: July 2017

Cicada’s Promise

Three nights ago, the wind blew with fervor, And red brown dust darkened the air, I watched close my porch, a keen observer, By dawn, not a drop landed there.   Two nights ago, Zeus’s chariot rolled, As flash after spark lit the night, Thunder shook, it promised, it told, Of rain still absent by first light.   Last night,… Read more →