A Dry Heat at 120 Degrees

Stars slowly diminish

Darkness completes

still we feel the suffers of heat

the fever suspends in the thick

a velvet’s texture mix

clinging to skin as if drowned

dawn flexes, stretches and surrounds

as the last of struggling stars obscound

sunlight strikes without a sound

grabbing and stabbing clusters

loyal fray guarding reaches of dark

The sun rises content and goes to work

Dawn's temper dares and flares

leading to the extreme

a simple day claims 120 degrees

misery keeps no company here

lust begins with fear

and the hunt for shade

a hue of obscurity a rare breed

frightful creatures scurry unseen

gila monsters keep a venoms lounge

despite the screams to leave

this forsaken oasis

sits ringside to hazards door

bright by right for a rising star 

this blazing sun made world

rendering addicts galore

jonesing for a breeze or more

bent backs slave to the hustle and flo

fiends circling to numb a mad core

 another hole dug deeper 

wind indeed she seldom has a show

a quandry rolls in  

 circling wall of dust 

a curtain of rain

she comes riding in

 a kicked up beast of sand

 lasso in hand

wrangling hounds

 the force of nature hits the ground

the animals defend her promise

blow to blow  

 round after round

the elements are primed

served with a breakaway swing    

a punch and a weave

dust of demons bend a knee

this is the end of the line

hell is just past the next sign

devils rule limbo's fine line

escape by any means regrettable

here the heat plays for keeps

a dead man’s hand

double barrel wasteland

the sun aims again

the sound comes undone

another round just for fun

the sun reaches down

closes the man's eyes and crosses his arms

embrace the heat or R I P 

Terry  D'Arcy-Ryan

Reviews

[sette]

it is one poem wherein you tend to wonder about a lot of things good writing as always

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Sette, this was alot of fun to write and oh so true.
Thank you for the review.

Sheer Terror

[Coyote Poetry]

Powerful and scary words. The photos gave strength to your words. Heat is hell. Fire is dangerous. Thank you my friend for sharing your amazing words and thoughts.
Coyote

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Coyote as always it a privilege to have you read and
review my work. Thank you for the strong and positive feed back.

Sheer Terror

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend.

[Raven Moonchild]

Honestly, this reminded me of Stephen King's Desperation. The unforgiving heat in a god forsaken place. Your descriptive powers send shivers down my spine, mate. :D

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Raven Moonchild, That is funny I do appreciate a scary King book but I live in phoenix AZ this was written the day it hit 123 degrees and all the rest of descript and characters hang in and out the breeze way of my office and then the monsoon hits right before sundown. Thank you for taking the time to read and review
again You Rock!!

Sheer Terror

[Raven Moonchild]

You poor bugger, I'm sorry the heat is such a nuisance. lol I live in MS and the heat feel like that here most of the time. I can't wait to live somewhere with real weather. LMAO :D Thank you for sharing more of your amazing work and no no, dude, YOU ROCK!!!! :D (throws horns)

[Carol Cashes]

Raven Moonchild, where in MS? I live in Biloxi, and yes, child, it is HOT.

[Raven Moonchild]

lol The Jackson area. It's constant hell here. The summers go anywhere from 97 to 101 degrees while feeling like 102 to 114. And it doesn't get cold until late November. :/

[Carol Cashes]

Yaaasssss! Chile, I have no idea how I could even stand to go outside when I was a kid growing up here. I can barely stand to go from my car to the house, now. I like the short winters, but miss those in-between season you get in other parts of the country - you know: spring and fall! I lived for 23 years in the Pacific Northwest in the Mountains and I loved it. I love my hometown, too, but lordy! *snort* I think after menopause, heat just became hateful to me, can't stand it, now.

[Raven Moonchild]

As a kid, I was pretty heat proof. Now, I try to just ignore it until winter. lol Oh, my dream is to live out in the UK in the country by the mountains.

[Carol Cashes]

"the sun aims again
with both barrels"

Damn, if it don't feel like that some days! Although it's humid where I live now, I lived in Reno, NV for 16 years and both kinds of hot...are just HOT!

The last lines sum up this eloquent and descriptive piece. *nodding my regal head* Carry on....

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Carol, WoW, yes you would know Reno is close to what we have here in Phoenix it hit 123degrees a few weeks ago and that inspired this write. thank you for taking the time to write and leave a review


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[Pete]

i love everything about it - title, pics and fantastic imagery. you have a way of wording that is so beautiful and just rolls off the tongue. you are a master at knitting words together with panache. it has been a hot summer so far where i live. there is so much inside of you - a joy to read. you're so talented it always makes me smile :)

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Pete, This is one amazing review and I am always thrilled when someone other than me likes my writing. I cant wait for you to read my new piece I am twisted over editing at present. thank you so much for taking the time to read and review.

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[Joey Nizz]

I loved your emphasis in your words when you talked about the heat, these days, it feels like the whole world is having a summer vacation from hell.
I loved the whole piece and i loved the last 13 lines the most.

Thank you fro writing this and sharing :)

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Mr. Joey Nizz, the last thirteen lines I was trying to make the sun out a gangster of gunslinger the sun is brutal here. Thank you for taking the time to read and review my writing.

Sheer Terror

[Joey Nizz]

They were really good, just like the previous lines.

Your welcome and thanks again :)

[wordman]

you have painted a vivid image of summers heat,especially in the mid west,made me feel the heat

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Wordman, Oh Its so hot here I would be surprised if you cant feel our heat. thank you so much for the review.

Sheer Terror

[wordman]

about 87 here all week

[Ethan]

Your last stanza is probably the strongest. All in all, try to keep your capitalization consistent. There are seemingly random fluxes of caps throughout the entire piece and it would help if you smoothed those over. Good job, though.

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Ethan, we'll about those caps I don't always pay attention. I get so lost in getting the meaning across
I get it though thank you for taking the time and leabing a great review

Sheer Terror