Nature Portraits 1 - Waterfall, Thunderstorm

The thunderous roar of a mighty waterfall
cascading down in huge torrents of liquid fury
smashing into the water below
creating mists of water droplets
that transform the sunlight into a rainbow

The awesome power of a thunderstorm at night
with jagged bolts of lightning
that split the darkness
and light up the surroundings
with blinding dazzling intensity
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Posted: Sep 2013

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Serenity4two
beautiful descriptive words Socrates !
The "Awesome power " of nature can be truly breathtaking .
Warm regards -F hug
Redex
wonderful and sometimes the water makes it.s own rainbows. That's what I saw in your poem just lovely.
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Serenity
Thank you. I appreciate your kind comment. Nature has several sides which includes its awesome power as against its peaceful serenity as you know. Each has its own beauty.
Best wishes! Have a nice day!
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Redex
You are right. I thought about the "rainbow" part when I was composing the piece but decided to stay with the 4 line format. I will add a special line to the first 4 just for you:

"that convert the sunlight into a rainbow".

Hope you enjoy it.
Thanks for your comment!
morgen90210
Sir,you played my heart on desire,
with these two marvelous themes
i carve them and you wrote them in unison. . . beautiful is simply the lowest praise for this. .x.x..x
Redex
thank you kind sir but your poem stands on its own truly it was just a thought in my head. I have seen the waterfalls create a rainbow. The thunderstorms alone bring colour to our skies, blinding and dazzling frightening too as you say.teddybear
beautifulyou
nice socrates,
this reminded me of a family visit years ago
... while hiking, we came upon a gorgeous fall

Ty for your write rose
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Hello Morgen
Thanks for your kind comment.
Have a nice day!
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beautifulyou

I am glad you enjoyed the piece. Thanks for your comment. A waterfall is indeed gorgeous sight as you have said.
Have a nice day!
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Hi Redex

I decided to bring in the "rainbow" which I had also thought about before and adjusted the "waterfall" piece accordingly. I also adjusted the "thunderstorm" to match.
Thanks for your suggestion.
Have a nice day!
Redex
Just had to bring this fine poetry back it is just as brilliant as the first reading so long ago applause applause
WILDANDREADY
soccrates awesome is right this makes me run to hug my teddy each time dancing
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I love nature as you well know. However, I'm not extremely fond of thunderstorms. If anyone is brave enough to stand and look - it is beautiful. But - I'm not one of those brave ones.

Kathy teddybear
SCatlyn
Beautifully described, Socrates!

Cat rose rose rose
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Hi Red

Thanks for your kind commendation.

Take Care.
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Travis

Thanks for your wonderful assessment of the piece.

Best regards.
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Kathy

Thanks, my fellow Nature lover,

No need to be fearful of the thunderstorms.
After all, you are godsprincess.
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Cat

Thanks for your lovely comment.

Kind Regards.
morgen90210
again I'm drawn into two of my most favorite natural happenings...waterfalls and lightnings
what I said may sound off hand lowly
what I wanted to convey was it's beyond anything worthy I can say ... speechless and breathless
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