cold rain
a brochure in the mail
promises a smile
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Tag: rain
night sounds: haiku
a sound
brushes the house
winter rain
:
beyond the walls
a faint clatter —
freezing rain
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*context: January 7 when temperatures (and wind chill) were near or below the freezing point–Ontario, Canada
rain at last
soft drizzle at last
nothing calls for an answer
until the ground is cooled
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Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way, July 15 to August 14
summer rain
dark summer day
air clings to humidity
clouds hoard the rain
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the beans grow inches
no time lapse movie needed
when summer rains
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in mid-summer rain
a green umbrella rises
young sunflower stems
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warm summer rain haiku
warm summer rain
pleasant moisture on my skin
what a chill inside!
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thunder rain
hard dark sky
trees braced motionless
in sewer air
lightning flashes thunder rolls
winds roar in a summer storm
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I’ve realized lately that I rarely write about the rain. Then I read ‘Fifty shades of rain’ by Toni Spencer at Imaginary Garden with Real Toads and decided to notice the next rainfall more closely. The storm came tonight. Apparently there are more than 50 words in Japanese for different types of rain.
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Les Parapluies (Umbrellas)
an umbrella sky
scalloped curves of blue
my empty basket
open to the day
It may rain
on our ‘parapluies’
our shelters held in hands
to lift in summer winds
to paint a second heaven
fine brushes of a town
bustling in the open air
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A quadrille for dVerse’s Quadrille #57: Don’t rain on my parade!
