Friday, August 22, 2025

A Crack of Thunder

By Annwyn Mahoney

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and I’m back at the farm, watching wall clouds 

on glowing grass. 

I’m animated with static, tingling all over from the power of the fast-approaching storm. Spring peepers sing 

and hide in the pool ladder. The hackberry trees 

not yet too old and hollow. They’re comforting, 

these reminders  

that enough of this will remain to go on, and on 

after the living things cease. I dream of the abiotic future. With flashes of lightning, the storm absolves my grief

  

About the Author

Annwyn Mahoney is a visiting student with 2 degrees from ICC in environmental science and medical laboratory technology. Annwyn has placed in 4 ICC writing contests. She writes free verse poetry with a compulsion to give voice to feelings and experiences not easily articulated. She lives in Peoria with her partner and their dog, 3 cats, 4 fish tanks, hamster, leopard gecko, and hermit crabs.

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