I went to Mombasa
I did not see rain
there is drought in Amboseli
elephants are dying
wildebeests zebras Maasai giraffe
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I went to Maasai land
I did not see a bow
only spears and panga
arrows used to kill
when the loins attack
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I went to Maasai Mara
to see the wildlife
thunderstorms on the horizon
got wet in the landrover
viewed a perfect rainbow
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dVerse prompt to use a threesome. My choice is rain, bow and rainbow.
three dots on my phone
wiped the mud with my sweater
rainy season now
Now it is only a trickle of a stream
where boulder rocks and pebbles accumulate
no hint of water on their smoothness
a dry bed until the hard rains come
gathering a force that pushes land
creates a new course through the city streets
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dVerse prompt on writing a quadrille using the word stream. Also recalling the flooding at Zion National Park and the water flowing through the streets.
rain rustles the fern
licks and twists it into green
subdues fire with wet
trickle of water
soft fur of the forest floor
sharp damp protection
kiss of trillium
white feather-like bud released
star of the lost cloud
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NaPoWriMo Day 3 prompt to create a word list based on Michael McClure’s Personal Universal Deck of 100 words. Create a poem using some of these words.
outside
eaves dropping rain
then
a torrent
(no gutters)
inside
sound of rain
on roof
makes river
plummeting down
(no gutters)
outside
Florida squall
passes over
lightning strike
tree down
then gone
(no gutters)
inside
sound of dripping
from ceiling
must have
a leak
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dVerse quadrille on eavesdropping. Had a fast storm the other day.
Travelling with the storm perched over the canyon we head to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon both going there the storm moving faster along the rim while we drive over the plateau happy to be dry in these moments arriving at the campground everything is wet but the storm has passed the sky clears revealing the colors of layers of chiseled rock lit by the setting sun
Two years later I travel that same road there is no storm but snow is on the ground where the Cat Fire burned last summer we watched it burning from deep in the canyon hotshot fire fighters called in helicopters fly in and out delivering their load plumes of smoke rise over the Kaibab Forest we float safe on the water of the Colorado River and smell the air from 8,200 feet above now the snow covered ground hides the char of the Cat Fire black surrounds the base of these ponderosa pines others are burned completely pinyon junipers pine needles scrub brush 4500 acres burnt from a lightning strike
We feel the rain all day
go out in the wet forest to listen
for one joyous bird song
there is only the sound of water drops
on the canopy of trees and the creatures
are held in rein from their singing
clouds melt to blue
as a melody springs from branches
and the sun will reign again
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dVerse prompt on rain, rein and reign
I am from the Seattle area
so let me say a few things
about drizzle before I left
I remember cold and damp
days to dry and most things
always wet because it never stops
I take that back
it stops briefly for a day
dVerse prompt – quadrille using word drizzle
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