Rain. Poems

Southwest

It was a soft rain -- yes, I stated soft,
for rain has many texture -- some even
color.  Imagine a spectrum-brush dragged 
across a well wetted, primed sky, which 
muted technical, dully call~ a Rainbow. 

It was a long anticipated rain:
Saguaro Sentinels weary, dryly
on guard -- bristled their natural pins and needles

A night, of many,

Monsoon passion when spells

Sky when with dense clouds abound,
Seeing which peacocks dance around
On tender-green-dress-bedecked a hill,
In such a stirring scene, love-bound,  
Which wayfarer wistful would not feel?
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Translation (Quintain) | 34.08.2025 | monsoon, Nature, passion, peacock, nostalgia

Note: Here is a verse (in Arya meter) from Bhartrihari’s Shringaara Shatakam (hundred verses on love and romance).

Summer Sojourn Serenade

Your song serenades
A whisper, a prayer 
Light as a feather 
That's breathing fresh air

Clouds can't discern notes
A pitter, a patter
But they mimic your song
Midst raindrop clatter

Like tears from Heaven 
A whisper, a prayer 
Light as a feather 
That cleanses dispair

DAILY GRATITUDE LIKE A CHILD DANCING IN THE RAIN

Today I’m grateful I’m still able live a life
like when I was a child dancing outside on a rainy day
smiling
laughing
arms waving freely
unafraid of getting wet
enjoying every raindrop
and ever step along the way.

A Small Crowd

Fallen leaves knuckled
below eddies float again
swiftly shimmering.

Rain withers with gray
asphalt rising. Curbs cement
puddles running still.

Sunlit raindrops stop
hissing at guttural moans
tickling us for laughs.

Summer's soft glow

Fruits ripe beneath summer’s soft glow~
as light rains fill streams with gentle flow.

Rain

Rustling winds
always precede a winter storm.
Ice, as sleet, comes next,
Never fails.

1409 SENRYU Poetry Contest

morning rain showers
life's simple, delightful joys
fragile, fleeting peace

The Sky is Crying

SOIL SOAKER

SOIL SOAKER*
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rain
weighty, intense
piercing, soaking, saturating
refreshing earth’s firmament
soil soaker

*Note:This poem was first published at Poetry Soup in June 2025 then deleted (poetrysoup.com › poem › soil_soaker_1738878) This is my original poem. 

Capricorn rain

Across the great plain with sun sprinkled path
they frolicked with the golden buffalo clan.
Dodging black powder chaps along the way
they moved about strong and steady
like a necklace of runaway slaves.

They were cornered at trickster's cliff
guardian angels were on permanent hiatus. 
I guess it just wasn't a prosperous gig. 
Many leapt to their misty valley fate
a

Rainfall Reflections

A hush of gray descends, the world outside a blur
Of weeping glass and dancing leaves, a gentle stir.
The scent of wet earth and cooled pavement climbs the air,
As warmth from a steaming cup soothes away all care.

In her hands, a porcelain hug, the tea's floral grace,
Sweet steam whispers against the skin of her face.
The book

The sky didn't rain enough

I opened the door
it was unfamiliarly wet outside
the water eroded the memory

I have opened the wrong door

each door has a history
didn't know that
so I accidentally changed the story

now I'm entangled 
it feels like drifting through the ocean 
while seagrass has taken over your body
pushing you back

I don't want to go back

it is dark and wet
the

Falling Winter Sends Rain

Rain follows the fading winter's breath

In the tangled field,
where bristly ryegrass sways

Emerging green, the blades do rise
glimmer in the verdant hue of shamrock

like the lively notes of the cuckoo's call
Whispers dance upon the undulating meadows

The fragrance of the soil—
its charm, a whisper of rain-kissed ground

Silver whispers of yearning
Softly sung, a memory lingers still.

Between dream and memory, I dance on the rain that falls slowly

Between dream and memory, I dance on the rain that falls slowly,
I didn't run from the cold drops, but caught them on the tip of my tongue,
Laughter and chaos spun in wide circles of joy,
I stepped on water with bare soles, and the sky was close to us.
We whispered winter stories under the gray and

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