Showing posts with label Rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rain. Show all posts

Rain

rain - the first rain in weeks
bringing a feeling of freshness - maybe we'll sleep tonight
smell that earthy smell
the smell you get after the first rain following a dry spell
the sound of raindrops on thirsty hard ground
gardeners rejoice - the water-butt's refilling
hot soft road surfaces; steam
the dust washes off everything 
turning a muddy brown
gutters and gullys run
washing away all the detritus which had no reason to leave
filling the 'summer rivers' once more 
catharticly washing everything clean
freshening
reviving
and renewing


Rain

A single drop
heralds rain
drop upon drop upon drop again
Ribbons down windows
a relentless sea
puddles where puddles just shouldn't be
ripples across
the puddles made
spash upon spash a watery cascade 
and cascades join
rivules create
stream upon stream never to abate
the howling wind
the rain it blows
rain upon rain sideways goes
streams make rivers
rivers flow
water upon water where does it all go?
Rivers to floods
floods all around
water upon water soaking the ground!

The butterfly's wing
can a great storm awake
as drop upon drop a great flood can make


Rain

After a long dry spell the rain came,
very heavy rain!
Rain that bounced off the pavement,
the cars,
the rooftops.
Roads turned into rivers,
drains struggled to cope.
Driveways became a white water rafting courses.
The dry ground shrugged it all off.
Puddles grew on front lawns,  and rapidly became ponds.
Everywhere puddles formed,
growing and growing and growing.
Things washed down the street,
were we all going to be washed away?

Then...

All of a sudden...

As quickly as it started...

What seemed like would go on forever...

Stopped!

(Haiku)

Laying in the bath
listening to the rain. Glad
to be in the dry

(Haiku)


It was cold and still.
I could feel the approaching
raindrops on my lips

Rain

Clouds as black as night unload huge raindrops onto the conservatory roof.
The sound is like the end of the world,
but they quickly roll by and are gone,
leaving an "after-rain-freshness",
peace and calm...
and that smell,
and a stillness in the air which heralds blue skies,
and a bright,
orange,
sun set.