Ravings of a Rabid Werewolf - Poetry by Wolf - 32. Rain

Nice.  Be glad it's just rain.  I may be inspired to write some more about snow, and it won't be quite as uplifting as before.  

These are each fine Tanka in their own, unique ways, but I have to say I love the final two. The "lush green" and "super bloom" are great ways to talk about that charged up new life just waiting for its day of sun.

The one with the horse laughing is priceless! So evocative, and yet under-currented with emotion too. Love it! 

BTW, next month will start with a new version of the Lyric Poetry Prompt, so be sure to look for that

I loved reading your Tanka. The third was my favorite - not because you fell in the cold mud, but because I could hear and feel more of your experience there. Wonderful.

Wolfie ... i love Your poetry ... never stop.

You wrote some great word pictures with these poems! All the rain makes me wonder if you have lived in western Washington (state)? I have, all my life, and although it isn't as rainy as some would like to believe, we know a thing or two about raindrops. 😏  Thanks for sharing more poems. Keep writing. 

16 hours ago, Backwoods Boy said:

Nice.  Be glad it's just rain.  I may be inspired to write some more about snow, and it won't be quite as uplifting as before.  

Thanks BB. I know you've been getting a lot of snow this year. I'd kind of like to see that here, but people don't know how to handle water on the roads. Ice or snow would be a disaster

16 hours ago, AC Benus said:

These are each fine Tanka in their own, unique ways, but I have to say I love the final two. The "lush green" and "super bloom" are great ways to talk about that charged up new life just waiting for its day of sun.

 

The one with the horse laughing is priceless! So evocative, and yet under-currented with emotion too. Love it! 

 

BTW, next month will start with a new version of the Lyric Poetry Prompt, so be sure to look for that

 

Thank you, AC   I've been enjoying the Lyric format, but I think Tanka is my favorite. The reference to the super bloom is since the deserts near me have gotten so much rain this winter, the wild flower blooms are expected to be incredible. As mad as I was getting at the horse for laughing, he decided it was playtime. After falling for the third time in the mud, he came over to nuzzle my face and apologize.

14 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

I loved reading your Tanka. The third was my favorite - not because you fell in the cold mud, but because I could hear and feel more of your experience there. Wonderful.

 

Thank you, Parker   As frustrated as I was when it happened, I could laugh enough to write it once I was showered, dry, and drinking hot tea.

13 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Wolfie ... i love Your poetry ... never stop.

Thank you, tim.     I won't stop if you won't.

10 hours ago, JeffreyL said:

You wrote some great word pictures with these poems! All the rain makes me wonder if you have lived in western Washington (state)? I have, all my life, and although it isn't as rainy as some would like to believe, we know a thing or two about raindrops. 😏  Thanks for sharing more poems. Keep writing. 

Thank you, Jeff. I lived in Bremerton, WA years ago. Where I"m at now doesn't get all that much rain, normally.

1 hour ago, WolfM said:

Thank you, tim.     I won't stop if you won't.

i did try once .. and then Michael took me to the museum  .. the ghosts in that horrific place made me continue ... made me write about The Evidence Room...