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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

The lightning strikes close

Bringing loud claps of thunder

Dog dives under bed

🐢🌩🐢🌩🐢🌩🐢🌩🐢🌩🐢

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

That's an excellent point to mention, yes! Thunder and lightning can be very frightening for pets, for sure, so they definitely need lots of extra love and attention until it all passes... 🏯😎🏯

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

My father-in-law's yorkie used to dive under the bed during thunder storms until recently. Now she's beginning to bark at them. I'm not sure which is worse! 🐢

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Richbee's avatar

Lighten up rods claim

fire flies blinking calls a mate

It is a hot date.

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

And really, a few flashes of lightning would be perfect during a date like that, because they'd be just like strobe lighting at a disco! Haha... 🏯😎🏯

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Richbee's avatar

Saturday Night dance

Bug in a jug of wine time.

Disco dance on top.

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Richbee's avatar

Thanks for noticing Jeanine

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

Thanks for writing it!

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Theresa Greene's avatar

I opened the door

and lightning came into

the house and lit me.

Thank you, Chris !

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Well, it could definitely be useful during a power cut, for sure! Haha... 🏯😎🏯

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Theresa Greene's avatar

Thank you , Jeannine!

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Theresa Greene's avatar

Thank you , Bill !

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Carl R Williams's avatar

we love lightning bugs

the fields of June they light up

flashing on and off

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Ahh yes, bioluminescense! It can create some fascinating displays that are beautiful to watch, for sure. It's one of the most magical and enchanting things in nature... 🏯😎🏯

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

They are super awesome bugs!

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A.C. Cargill, All-Human Author's avatar

WRITER'S DILEMMA:

Story idea

Flashes as sleep comes to me

Gone in the morning

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Ahh, that is so true! A lot of the best ideas come at night, for sure, like flashes of lightning, and then disappear just as quickly. Although, of course, we always tell ourselves we'll remember them in the morning. Nooooo! 🏯😎🏯

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

You need a bedside notebook! πŸ˜‚

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A.C. Cargill, All-Human Author's avatar

I keep a pad and pen handy, but by the time I sit up, turn on a light, put on my glasses, and grab that pen and pad… sigh!

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

I know what you mean:

Late night story plots

Fade like spring flowers in June

Lost to the harsh light

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Kerry Sutherland's avatar

incandescent flash

lightning wakes the summer sky

blinding energy

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

It's definitely woken me up quite a few times, too! Haha... 🏯😎🏯

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Bill Ferguson πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦'s avatar

Sharp spikes crackle loud

Woods burn sending smoke skyward

Animals scatter

Storms brew and rumble

The tower gets hit often

Well grounded it is

Light arcs intensely

Sparks fly as wood is shredded

Powerful fire burns

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Absolutely! Lightning can very easily ignite fires, for sure, and cause all sorts of other damage, too... 🏯😎🏯

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

What are the chances

Of thunder and lightning

Live once or live twice

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

The chances that I'll be inside, well out of the way, are very high, that's for sure! Haha... 🏯😎🏯

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Jeannine Lawall's avatar

Good one!

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it... 🏯😎🏯

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Thank you for the shoutout.

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

You're very welcome! Have a great week... 🏯😎🏯

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Frederick Fullerton's avatar

Love struck as lightning

but turned anticlimactic

romance was short-lived

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Kaci Rigney's avatar

lightning flashed above

then zapping when our eyes met

lightning flashed again

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Vincent Afnan-Murray's avatar

storm-blades scar the sky

to warn us of what's to come

malcontent of Zeus

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Asperges's avatar

Dreams of Lightning,stark

Visions from the gods of old

Ever light-en-ing.

~Asperges

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