like winter sun warming the crisp outline
of evergreens on frost’s last kiss,
like an impression of stars
bursting in indigo nightframe,
like orion, swift-slaying, swaying
between boughs,
she is electric, blue-jazz summer sky,
ricocheting
with all the fierce beauty
of a flowering storm
© 2026 jennifer wagner
q44: flower
photo © jennifer wagner, from las noches de las luminarias, desert botanical garden, phoenix, az
A "Flowering" Storm, I like it!
ReplyDeleteYour stunning similes make your Q electrifying, Jennifer! 💙
ReplyDeleteDifferent use of flower here! Nice!
ReplyDeleteLove the crescendo of flowering storm. Great use of the prompt word.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic line this is!
ReplyDelete"she is electric, blue-jazz summer sky,"
And the idea that a storm can flower = perfection.
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patterns of beauty and the beauty of pattern
ReplyDeleteI must see this sky at once! <3
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