Category: rain
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rain
Birds are mysteriously silent on the subject of rain Squirrels don’t pole dance on wet trees Neighbors don’t walk their dogs in a storm I’m on my porch wondering what Mr. Chesterton had against cheese 2-6-20
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Were you there?
Were you there when they hauled my leaves away? the last abdication of autumn The ones that held on longest remained loyal tethered to a branch when all the others fled If I had been there when they came with a beeping dump truck I would have gathered the leaves they missed and made sure…
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yellow flowers
At night, on her living room wall hung a Van Gogh reproduction of a vase of yellow flowers on a sunny day and on rainy mornings a Van Gogh reproduction of a vase of yellow flowers on a sunny day still hung on her living wall and one rainy morning you realized somewhere was a…
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1/11 haiku
around a fire pitfriends ignore a threat of rainwatch wood become coal 1-11-20
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a storm
Sit on side porch listen to the dark Wind roars angrily at trees trees shake their heads and laugh Lightning rumbles like a kettle drum Rain beats ground gurgles in drain pipes Sirens complain on their way to a call Distant train wails goodbye. as it leaves for the coast Sounds of a storm racing…
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When it rains, it pours
To the smiling little girl with blonde pigtails all tied up in red ribbons, wearing a bright yellow dress, cute little white socks, patent-leather shoes to match her daddy’s big black umbrella and a container of salt under her arm – this morning, when skies broke open and poured on the roofs, in the yards…
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fireside
Late last night, after two days of rain a friend came by to build a fire and talk around your new fire pit Wet wood won’t burn so you add charcoal fluid paper scraps and old cardboard Hoping a fire will catch and burn water and sap sizzle and pop flames dance and smoke rise…
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12/14
weekend roof rain rattle gutter pipe gurgle wet tire distant drone too wet for birds mantra it’s okay, go back to sleep 12-14-19
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haiku chill
cloud filtered sunlightrivulets meander through treesrainy morning chill 12-13-19 *Title from wife…
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