All of these poems are about rain. None of these poems are about rain.


Rain Suite

Rain I

Delicate rainfall
Drops dance in the soft fresh air
And melt underground

Rain II

black ominous godheads
thunderous sparks twist and coil
roaring moaning shouting
the world is drowning in the flood
the world is drowning in the night

Rain III

tendrils like a lover's caress
almost barely felt diamonds
float upon invisible waves
shadows loom out of gray
to only replaced with
familiar objects
in the realm beyond their opaque borders strange
creatures prowl and lie in wait
you can feel them reaching out to touch you
if you try


Rain IV

Satisfied Gaia
feel the sigh of contentment
drifting off to sleep

Rain V

In the city; arid, acrid odor of sweat
dry and dusty downtown
lying languidly, lazy
the is drained and tired

but hark, on the horizon a spark
flushing 'neath a gunmetal grey loomer
a welcoming shadow

fat heavy drops offer life to the ground
and its inhabitants
life leaps forth again
as the cool relief embrace of night
coils around the waking world

and the colors! oh god, the colors!
they saturate the world again
more than they were, ever
before they begin to fade again
it reeks of life, of renewal, of awakening!

Rain VI

Little feet above
Leap from eaves to leaves to ground
And splash the puddles

Rain VII

the sky sweats
so hot it stings
gas before it hits the ground
cracking for want of water

Rain VIII

The dividing line
a vertical firmament
visible
two worlds, or rather
two wheres
coalesced

Rain IX

Sweet muddy rivers
Awaken sleeping brethren
Flow together now

Rain X

a thick blanket
cannot decide
whether to leave
or shed it's weight
lightly or en masse

Rain XI

horizontal lines of shearing water
cut the world into linear pieces
and i see you separated
pieces of you floating separate
but part of an undying whole

then rendered asunder, you were gone
melted in between the slits in the world
like a shadow melts into the night



Poetry by grizzedram
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Written on 2013-04-28 at 00:48

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This a beautiful collection. Rain in so many different forms and places, pictures framed by your words... I'm curious about the use of "the" in a couple of these and your opening statement that none of these are about rain.
2013-04-29


shells
Wow sow many descriptions of rain, I enjoyed the last two stanzas, especially the line "melted in between the slits of the world."
2013-04-28


countryfog
This is an inspired and inspiring sequence . . . each a moment of a storm. I like the haiku meshed with the longer stanzas, and so many of your words denote movement and revelation, making the images more dynamic and powerful. This is simply very well done.
2013-04-28