rain-graced day
edged in red-bird song and butterfly wing breeze
splashes abstract patches on stone walk
freshens bee balm’s fuchsia fingers
drops pearls on spider’s web
rinses trees of sun’s dust
stills heat’s storm
lulls my pulse
greens sepia grass
sweetens dawn’s scent
softens mud’s pawprint molds
slakes tin roof’s thirst for sound
rendering rain’s prismed bow nearly moot
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after being seduced by what came before, the last line took me “nearly” by surprise
Just thought I’d mention that the poem works better if the title lines up with the poem. It is really the first line of the poem.
“drops pearls on spider’s web” what a line coming from the eye of the poet. Seeing what we all see and then rendering it with words that capture the very essence of delight.
I loved all the lines.
“lulled by pulse…”
Such gorgeous repeated verb sounds, as in the line “splashes abstract patches on stone walk.”
Lovely!