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5/16/2024 for Raining in Summer Poetry Contest sponsored by Ink Empress

Raining in Summer

I've always lived in Southern California.
I've never heard of summer rain.
This notion, I have to say, quite honestly,
Strikes me as insane.   

I might as well speak of fluffy penguins
Who live in the Sahara,
Or opine on the wit and wisdom of pigs
Who wear lipstick and mascara. 

Or interview an illustrious duck
Who opens his bill to sing,
"Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey", and then
Composes "The Rite of Spring."

I may just as well play mumblety-peg
With a hamster wearing braces,
Or play high-stakes poker with a wily fox
Who deals me eights and aces.

Or dine on blue marbles and split-pea soup
With a seasoning of Tums,
Or perform "Swan Lake' or "Claire de Lune"
On just harmonica and drums.

And now I'll slide comfortably into my fridge,
All wrapped in cellophane,
And say from the top shelf, "that's about all
I know about summer rain."

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Hilda Greenhough May 18, 2024 at 1:48 AM Warm rain is nice, cold rain is not. I found this poem funny, but a good observation that you shared. David Crandall May 18, 2024 at 9:03 AM Glad you enjoyed, Hilda. Believe it or not, I was in my twenties before I knew that in other parts of the world, rain falls in summer. I think I did experience warm rain once, in August, visiting Boston - nice city! It was sunny one minute, then rainy the next, then sunny!