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horror blaze

by Michele Schottelkorb

the day was calm

the night was clear

a little spark

commenced the fear

 

calculated fingers

tossed a match

lit a fire

lives did snatch

 

a blazing inferno

sweeping through

has no pity

for me or you

 

all this mayhem

horrific sight

the wind our foe

in this fight

 

gazing aimlessly

towards the sky

I make a plea

and wonder why

10/30/2003

Author's Note: the southern california wildfires are horrific...

Posted on 10/30/2003
Copyright © 2025 Michele Schottelkorb

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 10/31/03 at 02:29 AM

Your short almost staccato verses emphasize the movement and furor of the wildfires. Well expressed.

Posted by Ashok Sharda on 11/02/03 at 07:11 AM

This is another piece expressing the vagaries of nature. Vagaries, from our point of view, otherwise every event in nature follows a certain rule.Nature doesn't believe in the concept of good or bad, just or unjust. It 'no pity for me or you'.

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