Rain Hyperbole Poems

   O, the perfumed scent
     of lilac and daffodil
   You'll never replace the stench
   ...

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The Song Of  A Poet
(Dedicated To Amirah Akilu)

The song of the rain 
Preaching us to farm
And be workaholics!

The song from the stream
Administer us to...

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Chasing stars
Aligned with brilliance


Forging hearts
In stormy signatures

Rain falls as reverence 
Wetting the face of forgiveness
Extinguishing the fire of this soul’s madness
That drifts into the midnight...

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I tried to do some grilling
But the sky just opened up
And it rained like Noah’s time
Each raindrop filled a cup

I’m using here hyperbole
To make a...

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I am lost in a swamp
of adjectives, gooey, sticky,
boggy, messcatastric (don't bother looking that one up),
longing to rise above the mess, excretion, digest
completion, Gobblystinko (don't...

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I breathe you in like a summers day
To dream your fiery soul within.
You shudder and sway as a departing storm
That pours rain to douse the...

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If I write down words
that pour from me like
water rushing from a rusty gutter
carrying my cries in the flood
with decaying leaves and
the smattering off the...

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Dreams of spring
The violent storm has passed
The sun has risen
Hopes have been resurrected
Phototropic dreams have been awoken

The skies are at peace now
Their tears have dried...

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Why spoiled misses princess...
never wishes to awaken from pleasant snooze

Appellation (with trailing switchback
and/or additional colorful turns
of phrases) emphasizing assigned
nom de plume "princess goldilocks"
hardly flattering compliment

gently...

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Nobody wants a well, when there is sadness...
A few drops are enough, to bring on rain!
The world is full, of sorrow, and of madness!
Nobody needs...

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Rain has become synonymous with gray,
signifying a storm is on its way.
A skittish sun silently shrinks away,
allowing shadows to overcome day
and clouds to release droplets...

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Reach out and splash the face of God

As you free fall from the clouds.

In you quest to quench thirst.

Nothing’s in your way,

Dance, tumble, and

Ride the...

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Standing silent, alone without a friend,
vigilant in the face of wind and rain;
a scarecrow trickster is playing pretend,
     his hand-me-down clothes...

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Heart’s Love Speech



My girl (archaic)
has my raincoat.

And I...
Well, I (adverb)...
have never been so -
Happy (pronoun)

to sit outside,
pondside,
in the rain (verb).
Just me and (subordinating conjunction) Basho...

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Scribbling with amber-colored crayons,
time scrawls sepia on ancient rocks.
And ocher and orange canyon walls
rise above bushes wearing dust frocks.

Flora and fauna are left behind
serpentine rapids...

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