Friday Writings #175: Stormy Weather

 

 

 

Hello, dear Word Weavers. How is the weather in your neck of the woods?

When I came to think of a prompt for this post, we were in the middle of a big storm here, with wild, noisy rain and thunder.

Also — like many others, including some of you — I was busy ‘writing up a storm’ with a poem a day during April. (I chose the Na/GloPoWriMo prompt site, where the prompts this year were complex, ekphrastic and AMAZING. I was astounded at what they pulled from me, and thrilled to read the brilliant writings others produced.)

Hence our (optional) prompt this time: to be inspired by the idea of storms, literal or metaphorical.

Coincidentally, on the last day of April another participant at Na/GloPoWriMo produced a haiku sequence which neatly sums up both the literal and metaphorical ideas of storms (used with permission; please do not reproduce):

 (This poet blogs at MY AUTHOR-ITIS, using the screen name PCGuyIV.) 

 

 Guidelines: One post per person, poetry or prose, old or new, on prompt or off, word limit 369 excluding title and notes.

 
For next week, let your poetry or prose be a “Slice of Life”.

So many great singers have sung this. I particularly love Lena Horne's rendition. But after all, no-one can surpass the incomparable Ella.