August Poetry

 Tropical Storm Morning

The glass bottle stopper twist

Of treefrog song

Blooming out of the orchid pots

The chatter and chirp

Of jays and thrashers and mockings 

Hustling for dense sanctuaries

In overgrown crepe myrtles 

The tinkle and gong

Of front yard wind chimes

Ebb and flow with the gusts

The distant purr of a jet plane

Plowing through furrows of clouds

State-wide and rushing

Before the airport shuts down

The first rising whisper of rain on the window

The hurricane orchestra

Humming before the performance