TheBanyanTree: LISTEN TO THE WIND SOUNDS

[NancyIee at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/4/2010 11:04:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
smack58 at nycap.rr.com writes:

LISTEN  TO THE WIND SOUNDS

Listen to the wind sounds
As it pitches
And  twists.
Listen to its whine
Its howl
As it turns 
And tangles  
And bangs.

Listen to the wind sounds
At it takes captive
The  twigs and the leaves
And carries them 
Within itself
To a new  place
Dropping them 
With no warning
Abandoning them
Moving  on.
Without ceremony.

Listen to the wind sounds
Shaking the  trees
And blowing the new snow
First one way then another
Lifting  and
Dragging
Shaking and
Trembling

Listen to the wind  sounds
As it blows across the flat lands
Then rushes 
To the tree  tops
Bending them low
Catching the earth 
In their  boughs.

Listen to the wind sounds
Sweeping
To the hills 
To  the mountains,
Wearing them round
Wearing them down
Over the  ages

Listen to the wind sounds
Rising in fury
Then lowering  
To a growl
Low and ominous
Promising to  return.

Then…

Hushing to a whisper
Just for a  moment.

And suddenly 
With a wild surge
It rises again
Lashing  out
Moving swiftly
As it screams
At the windows
Thunders at the  eaves
And whistles 
‘Round the corners.

As quickly as it has  risen,
It falls 
To a whisper
Once more
A whisper soft and  subtle…

It is then that it
Whispers its secrets and
Whispers the  changes
It brings.


You draw a very sharp word image of wind, and I could see and hear it  
throughout, right down to the quiet, secret at the end.  I don't think it  needs 
another thing. Remember, less is sometimes better.
 
NancyLee
 
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