Albert Ahearn Poet Verse

Just Before the Rain

I’m happiest when the weather
is gloomy and threatening rain.
Its tendency, this low pressure,
forces most people to remain
inside comfortable houses.
Outside becomes much quieter
assuming a shushed quietus
that wouldn’t normally occur
if the day were a sunny one;
so I pray that this low holds fast
concealing the intrusive sun
behind the looming overcast  
while I revel in its stillness
and its lugubrious bleakness.

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Keith Bickerstaffe May 17, 2012 at 7:29 PM '...lugubrious,' now there's a cool word! Great cadence and rhyming, and a wonderful subject!! I share your pleasure in gloomy weather. BRAVO Alfred. Best wishes, Keith

Josie Whitehead May 13, 2012 at 7:57 AM It is most unusual to hear someone say they are happiest when the weather is gloomy and threatening rain. We've just had the wettest April on record and just long for sunny days again. You made me see things in a different light. We should always appreciate the rain.

Andrea Dietrich May 12, 2012 at 9:44 PM VERY nice. there is a certain blissful peace in the lull. Love your words in this poem

Toquyen Harrell May 12, 2012 at 9:01 PM "Lovely. Can feel it's beginning to rain. Awesome. Toquyen"

Lea Pidgeon May 12, 2012 at 7:28 PM I LOVE IT! Few people know that the low barometric pressusure, on rainy days, lowers the pressure in our bodies, making us sluggish, and sleepy. It's Beutiful! I miss Germany again, damn it. lol