Rain Choka Poems

steel clouds once more freeze
bare trees comfort each other
ripped trunk holds it together

the sun shields its eyes
its flames dying in Winter
the core feels the biting...

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Centuries ago

In ancient Hermopolis

A debate roared loud

Between a proud Christian priest

And a strange shepherd

Who was a Manichaean

Wearing ragged clothes

And who was looking for sheep

“Flames will...

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When onyx skies bleed
rhinestones etched in regrets,
follow the silence;
Unsung sonatas
cradling watercolor spells
woven with magic—
from violet blaze, 
beneath mulberry gloaming,
where dark poets rhyme. 
But when summer...

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An opening's gap
Construed as silver lining's
Lack— not wings; just blue stupor—
Clouds spinning circles.
Still crowns kings; a wisp of rain
Falls in brief— in heaven's clasp.

Why must...

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When hard times rain down
on our loved ones; when trials
need to be endured-
they seem to come all at once.
Wouldn’t you agree?
I’d say this year I’ve...

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My first overnight
was when I was about eight,
tenting with my friend.
Our tent wasn't store-bought,
just a tarp wrapped around some
stacked-up bails of straw.
We lived on a...

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No toys to play with,
she draws dolls on the dry soil
with soft soiled fingers.
The pale face is drenched,
not by joyous summer rain.
Is it dripping tears?
The...

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hypnopompic hues
     multifaceted jewels
          confetti luminaries
a gift from mother?
   ...

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There's nowhere to go.
Survival is on the street.
Searching for something to eat.

In a shopping cart
kept wrapped in plastic trash bags
are their petty possessions.

In rain and...

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dim and dismal green
disconnected from the sun
waiting on the rain

the leaves dull-humid
still-standing, no breeze blowing
expectant of drench

a relief of burns
the Summer cold to the touch
an...

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FUN ON SNOW IN RAIN

        Dancing in delight
        on shiny snowy...

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on our wedding day
huge dark clouds won’t bring me down
I’m simply walking on air
my large umbrella
stops my tresses getting wet
let the love rain down on...

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Dipped my umbrella
Full of your vows and my fears
I skipped across the laketop
Dipped, rinsed them both out,
Had to decide if ‘I do’
I ran off from...

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I walk on water,
one lucky person am I
In whimsy, I contemplate
dancing with the clouds
Just me and my umbrella
dreaming the impossible

Dreams start with a thought
from thoughts...

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Oh, how they do shine
       How they move and flash about
   Bloating of prestige

   Garments...

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