<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578017" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Relentless Arms of August</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Relentless Arms Of August</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>I see the dust billow<br>behind the well-used pick-up<br>on the farm-to-market road<br>paralleling the paved, lined ribbon<br>which I drive.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In my yard, <br>a Robin splashes<br>in what is left<br>of my reflecting pond.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The awful browned grasses<br>and lethargic leaves, <br>created by a merciless white-hot sun, <br>and cloudless upper reaches, <br>turn my thoughts to the rich, <br>renewing rains of Spring.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But now, in the grasp <br>of late, stifling summer, <br>I struggle to break free<br>and launch into the cool, <br>embracing arms of Autumn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bring me the gentle rains<br>to quell the billowing clouds of dust, <br>soothe the browned grasses, <br>make supple the listless leaves, <br>and renew the aquafer<br>of Earth and Mind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Severien+Meyer">Severien Meyer</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578017" data-title="The Relentless Arms of August de Severien Meyer" data-description="The Relentless Arms Of August I see the dust billow behind the well-used pick-up on the farm-to-market road paralleling the paved, lined ribbon which I drive. In my yard, a Robin splashes in what is left of my reflecting pond. The awful brown..."></div> </div> </div>

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