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“The Smoke That Thunders”


Cataracts with film of ‘Rainbow’ spectrum covered, tumbled chute

“Mosi-oa-Tunya” signals word of plunged intent

Curtain call of water filled performance, roars in wet salute

Into the Devils Gorge, a headlong rush that seems hell-bent



Livingstone in days gone by presumed a titled Royal birth

With missionary zeal a prize he tried to capture for his Queen

Victoriana reigned supreme in flowing tears of Mother Earth

Whilst Stanley searched in vain pursuit of Doctor as of yet unseen



As darkness cloaks the ‘Falls’ at night, one wonders at the eerie glow

Ancestral spirits of the past, possessing knowledge yet unshared

Equivalent of daylight rain, in spectral view of glimpsed ‘Moonbow’

As Angels feast their eyes at wondrous miracle that He hath dared

Richard Gildea


FootNote: “Mosi-oa-Tunya” (The Smoke that Thunders), ”Victoria Falls”