Rainy Day
It's pouring this morning here in Manhattan, Kansas. We've had a deficit of about 12 inches of rain for the year up to this past week. Last Sunday, we had around 5 inches in our area. What a blessing. Had a little more on Tuesday and this morning it is coming in buckets, as the saying goes. As of last night, our weather stats showed we were still down around 7 inches for the year. What we're getting now will put a dent in that.
Sunday afternoon, I dashed off a poem about the rain. A first draft but I'll post it here on this rainy day and then we'll have an exercise appropriate for the weather.
Sunday Rain
It’s blissful,
pounding the pavement,
feeding the flowers,
and thirsty grass.
Not gentle, this one
but a good, steady
rain, beating the ground
cooling the summer air.
Cloud covered sky,
holding yet more
moisture so needed,
yes, it’s blissful.
I close my eyes,
listen to a steady drumming
of raindrops outside
my wide office window.
Five full hours of rain,
and many more to come,
an all-day soaker, this one,
on drought-laden plains.
...Nancy Julien Kopp
Today's writing exercixe:
Look at the phrases below. Write a poem, a story or a paragraph using one, or more, of the phrases
- raining cats and dogs
- coming down in buckets
- pouring buckets
- drenched to the skin
- rainy days and Sundays
- pitter-patter of raindrops
- a cloudburst
- lightning, thunder, and rain
Nancy, enjoyed your refreshing poem! We've had a little rain which always helps in August. It makes one believe that we can get through the hot summer. We're closer to fall. The moister makes the rest of the summer easier to swallow. The rain is soothing, the season bearable. Ah, Kansas.Jim
ReplyDeleteThank you. Hot and dry next week so it was good to have the rain today.
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