A hard, mercurial deluge fell
without warning—queerly luminescent;
a coruscating curtain of radiant silver-green,
torrents tinseling the trees
A formidable downpour, abrupt and ferocious
yet fidgety, urgent and anxious –
panting pale plumes like smoker’s breath
the crashes of rain are legion voices of tempest,
a cataclysmic chorus—the voice
of Armageddon whose torrents pound and pry
in a synchronized sound—a crowd
chanting a mélange of lost languages—not
something for a prudent person to witness
this rataplan of argentine raindrops slip and spill
in liquid rhythm, reflecting the glow of witchy light
—Aurora Borealis painting luminous galaxies
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Annette Gagliardi has poetry published in Genre: Urban Arts No. 8- Print, Southwest Journal, Summer & fall 2019, Dreamers Creative Writing Online and in their Year 1 Anthology, Down in the Dirt Online Magazine, Trouble Among the Stars, Issue#2, Poetry Quarterly, the Poetic Bond VIII & IX. She has work in the League of Minnesota’s The Moccasin, the South Dakota State Poetry Society’s Pasque Petals and in Arizona State Poetry Society’s Sandpiper. Annette is a contributor and one of two editors for the anthology, Upon Waking: 58 Voices Speaking Out from the Shadow of Abuse. She is passionate about chocolate, loves gardening, serving tea, and serving chocolate tea in her garden.