Doleful Rain

The pitter patter of a doleful rain doth resound
Satiatiating solace and inner peace are drowned
Guttural drips seep into my porous, emotive ground
Brackish hope drains through my bleached mound
Saturated soul shutters as the eroding waves continually pound
For jaundiced psche no awning can be found
Sorrowful torrents spin my head round and round
Moldy dreams my mildewing conscience doth surround
A dry, sheltered haven for my sanity cannot found
Streams of misery o'er my breeched levee bound
Tides of foam from my frothy mouth redound
Thunderous tremors my nerves hound
Lightening flashbacks my wits astound
Cold winds of oppression my woe doth compound
Reams of recycled heartaches wash up all around
The gurgling bilge my remaining light doth impound
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Onclaud Avatar
December 27, 2010 at 9:17 AM
love the energy and pacing of this creative piece... you floored me, stephen! thanks for your generous words on mine.. :) nette
Smalling Avatar
December 27, 2010 at 9:03 AM
Stephen, permit to rant a little on the musical quality of the words of this poem, every words plays a fiddle that riddles this poem with a deluge of sound ... it must be the music of the rain. Thanks for reading my poem, it was indeed a plesasure to please.
Meade Stephenson Avatar
December 27, 2010 at 5:40 AM
Very intriguing piece that you have penned here Stephen....superb imagery. Thanks so much for sharing and for taking the time to read mine. Have a blessed day~Mary~
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December 25, 2010 at 11:21 PM
Amazing! This is one of my favorites!
Mehta Avatar
December 25, 2010 at 3:59 AM
Nice imagery to describe doleful rain, Stephen
Kendrick Avatar
December 24, 2010 at 6:07 PM
Interesting work.Very descriptive and expressive..I am glad that I chose this one to read this eve..Sara
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