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Evoke and pray to Gods Varun* and Indra* And to Apollo not to go on long vacation Play hide and seek with the earth as kids do And bring a rainbow with its rich colors to see. Do not bring mausim** in excess Even Nectar consumed in excess Or any overdose creates havoc. Bringing epidemics and floods Destroying infrastructures. Let the earth look as fresh as A young girl after her shower. Let creativity bloom for poets To write poems on rain, as I do. As it did to Shakespeare and Kalidas* To write The Tempest and Meghdootam* Two masterpieces of the two bards. I hear thunder, I hear thunder Don’t bring misery and hunger. Kids be ready with your raincoats Find the papers to make paper boats Wearing the gumboots. The Eastern winds beat me As does the storm of my soul I know, the storm fades away soon Monsoon is still inside and outside. +++ September 9, 2014 Form: Verse Dr. Ram Mehta First Place Win Contest: Rainy Days by Leonara Ghalinta *Varuna and Indra are the Aryan rain and storm gods respectively in Hinduism. *The term 'monsoon' is derived from the Arabic word mausim which means a time or a season *The great Indian dramatist Kalidasa wrote Meghdoot symbolically using clouds as messenger. *Shakespeare too wrote The Tempest keeping thunderbolt and its implications in mind..