Tuesday, June 2, 2020

dark clouds like protruding eye bags

                                                                                                     Author: Sam Hood
                                                                                                             State Library of New South Wales
Image: Martin Place, Sydney 1937 (here)

dark clouds like protruding eye bags
below tired eyes building up progressively
uneasiness prior to the downpour that lags
rain ganging in to disrupt the planned activity

engaging distaste and frustrations
with gritted teeth but accepted as normal
in the tropics barely a thought as God-sent
most treasured in dry lands as wet gold

inconveniences are fleeting for the few
for an after rain smile beats them all

life-giving elements meant for those chosen
come in abundance for those appreciative
but develop into life-threatening flood waters
otherwise who detest it as disruptive

Sarah's at d'Verse Poetics - rain

12 comments:

  1. And right now, after the rain, we need the sun's smile.

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  2. Rain certainly can be a disruptor at times, as well as a savior at others. Rain is a character for sure.

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  3. That first line is a stunner - what a great metaphor to choose! You carefully balance the gain and the pain of rain here. Thank you.

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  4. Loved this Hank, I am not a great sleeper so have dark bags under eyes , today rain is falling after extreme hot weather so it is welcomed.

    Yvonne.

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  5. I really like the title/first line, Hank! What a great picture! I also like the description of rain as ‘God-sent / most treasured in dry lands as wet gold’.

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  6. Nice line: "life-giving elements meant for those chosen"

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  7. Water can nourish or destroy...like everything it depends on context.

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  8. True, it occasionally rains on parades of one sort or another. Sunshine would bake us if rain did not cool us!

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  9. Sure can do both, as can many a thing

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  10. Life and death in the raindrops! Very good!

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  11. Hi Hank! We don't get a lot of rain on Central Oregon's high desert, when it comes we rejoice (well, at least I do!) Nicely done.

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  12. The same water can be both disaster and blessing.

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