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May Showers

My umbrella helps keep me totally dry
As torrential May showers fall from up high
Yet soon I see a rainbow and azure blue sky


Showers provide moisture to water our plants
How the seedlings grow, in the warm winds they dance
Our gardens are bursting with colours so bright
With pretty pansies smiling, oh what a delight
Earth needs precious rain and I love the petrichor
Rising from the soil it’s a scent I adore
So I really appreciate May showers (but hope they don’t last for many hours!)

May Showers Contest
Sponsored by Nayda Ivette Negron

05~07~17

Copyright © Jan Allison | Year Posted 2017

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Frances Schiavina Date: 5/12/2017 2:20:00 PM Well done Jan Login to Reply

Agnes Krampe Date: 5/11/2017 1:43:00 PM Nice acrostic, Jan. Congrats on your placement. Login to Reply

Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/10/2017 11:03:00 PM Enjoyed your acrostic and your humorous ending" Congrats, Jan! Login to Reply

Jeremy Smith Date: 5/10/2017 8:11:00 PM Great job, Jan!! nice placement! Login to Reply

Paul Callus Date: 5/10/2017 1:42:00 PM This is a fine lovely acrostic, Jan, and I like how you solved the rhyme scheme by using internal rhyme in the end line. Hugs // paul Login to Reply

Lenna Walker Date: 5/9/2017 11:30:00 AM This is great Jan, the flow smooth, great rhymes and nice imaging. Good Luck :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/9/2017 1:25:00 PM Thanks lenna:-) hugs Jan xx

Darren White Date: 5/9/2017 7:48:00 AM Lovely acrostic, Jan :) I finally entered a contest again too, this one. I wish you good luck! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/9/2017 1:23:00 PM Oh that is great news I will drop by and read it:-) hugs Jan xx

Lisa Ricci Date: 5/9/2017 5:10:00 AM Good Morning Jan. The format is in wonderful form and execution. The words give an innocent tone that is very appealing. They also show and reveal the good of the rain. Well done entirely. Good luck with the contest. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/9/2017 1:23:00 PM Thank you for the lovely comment Lisa:-) hugs Jan xx

Vladislav Raven Date: 5/8/2017 10:47:00 AM Hi Jan, i do love walking in those May shaowers. This is a wonderful Rhyming Acrostic, i love the content of this write. It has a beauty in its simplicity Jan. It has such a wonderful flow. This is you Jan. I hope it does well for you in the contest. A definite seven Jan. Hugs....Mike. XX Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/8/2017 5:45:00 PM Aww thanks you know me well i write simple poems always have always will let mike:-) hugs Jan xx

Demetrios Trifiatis Date: 5/8/2017 10:05:00 AM If sowers are as pretty as your Acrostic dear, Jan, then they may come at any time they like! A 7! Hugsxxx Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/8/2017 5:46:00 PM Awwl Demetrios that was a charming comment ;-) hugs Jan xx

Ravi Sathasivam Date: 5/8/2017 8:50:00 AM Excellent. Lovely imagery write. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing it. Login to Reply

Anil Deo Date: 5/8/2017 7:01:00 AM Seven from those who speak of Heaven - and showers of blessings! Thanks, Jan, for a wonderful Acrostic and I was jovially called a pansy at some point in the US. "They are humble, early Spring arrivals, but they can outlast most humans during summer." Loved this message entirely - even when we ask the showers to end. Shalom ShalomJA Login to Reply

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 5/8/2017 2:54:00 AM Superbly created Jan! Petrichor, my favorite scent too. I loved this! 7 ; ) Login to Reply

Arthur Vaso Date: 5/7/2017 10:17:00 PM Canada is drowning this year, the army has been called in! Lovely poem! Login to Reply

Sandra Haight Date: 5/7/2017 7:36:00 PM Lovely imagery, Jan, in your wonderfully-written rhyming Acrostic! Beat wishes for the contest. Hugs, Sandra Login to Reply

Ilene Bauer Date: 5/7/2017 5:59:00 PM wonderfully done, jan! this flows so nicely, which doesn't usually happen with this format... Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 5/7/2017 4:12:00 PM you did a wonderful job with this challenge, Jan. And wow, you even got that word petrichor into it! Smart lady. I hope we both do well in this contest. I quite enjoyed the theme!! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/7/2017 4:24:00 PM I learned that word from a previous contest and thought it was perfect for the theme:-) hugs Jan xx

John Michaels Date: 5/7/2017 2:14:00 PM Great imagery and a lovely write, Jan! And a bit of trademark "Jan humour" at the end ;) Best of luck in the contest. Regards, John! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/7/2017 2:16:00 PM Thanks John I can't resist a little humour:-) hugs Jan xx

Abdullah Alhemaidy Date: 5/7/2017 1:16:00 PM Delight! Dear lovely Jan :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/7/2017 1:26:00 PM Thanks for dropping by Abdullah:-) hugs Jan xx

Tim Smith Date: 5/7/2017 12:44:00 PM I always hope it rains while we sleep...lovely acrostic Jan Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/7/2017 12:46:00 PM I love to wake to that fresh smell of the earth Tim:-) hugs Jan xx

Elizabeth Kinch Date: 5/7/2017 9:13:00 AM Great acrostic Jan, my gardening husband has been longing for these May showers! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/7/2017 9:24:00 AM We have just had a week of beautiful sunshine so I could do with the odd shower to fill the water butts up again!:-) hugs Jan xx

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 5/7/2017 9:01:00 AM Sweet write :) xomo! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/7/2017 9:05:00 AM Thanks Maureen:-) hugs Jan xx

Lin Lane Date: 5/7/2017 8:25:00 AM I always appreciate the Acrostic form, Jan. This one paints a great picture as to why we need May showers and the results we get to enjoy from their bounty. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/7/2017 9:05:00 AM Thanks Lin I do enjoy this form but I think my poem will be simple in style to be on the winners list:-) hugs Jan x

Phil Capitano Date: 5/7/2017 8:13:00 AM Smooth acrostic Jan, very natural. Good luck in the contest. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/7/2017 8:18:00 AM Thanks Phil:-) hugs Jan xx