Cloud creep
Sound sway
Sky slip
Rain rush
Pier pulse
Bay beat
Fish flip
Boat bump
Brew buzz
Bean burst
Tram turn
Hill rush
Grunge growl
Riff roll
Fog fold
Shore shift
Crow call
Park pace
Sunbeam
City sing
I love a Seattle rainy night
Clouds hang low over the Puget Sound
The city glowing under streetlamp halos
From Alaskan Way to Capitol Hill
I love the way the drops start slow
Soft taps on the roof then a rolling beat
Like the sky has a rhythm
Saved for nights just like this
A spark in the sky as the storm arrives
Light flickering over Elliott Bay
Ferries float through foggy mist like ghosts
Like they are carrying secrets across the water
I love the shine after rainfall
Puddles catching neon from Pike Place signs
The skyline blurred just enough
Like a dream you can walk through
When I am out in the midnight drizzle
I feel the whole region breathing with me
Evergreens swaying and streets glistening
The Puget Sound humming an old familiar tune
I love a Seattle rainy night
It is the kind of night to settle the soul
The kind which washes the noise away
Wiping the slate clean for Seattleites
Nice Weather for Ducks
In Seattle
During the winter rains
The coming greeting
Is nice weather
For ducks
Who loves to play
In rainy days
Of Seattle’s winter
Bite Size Contest no114
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"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Quote by Leonardo da Vinci.
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tired eyelids peacefully rest,
resisting sleep, put to the test.
suggested dreams blur thinking.
strobe vision, eyes are blinking.
the moon and stars now invite.
closed eyes blinded by the light.
I used to be a poet
Now I ain’t
I could rhyme then
But now I cain’t
I sit, an idle artist
Without paint
Beneath the flecking statue
Of a faded saint
The pigeons eye me sadly
As I sit
Devoid of any feeling
Without wit
The sweeper of the street
Thinks I’m a twit
As I peruse blank pages
I ain’t writ
A Vegan in search of a treat
Impulsively swallowed some meat
The protein gush
Was such a rush
The circumcision was complete!
Even in rainy Seattle
The atmospheric river* gives
An overabundance of rain.
*Rivers on land generally flow downhill; atmospheric rivers flow in the direction of moving air created by weather systems. In general, they pick up water vapor from the warm, moist air of tropical regions and they drop the water over land in cooler regions as rain or snow. (https://scijinks.gov/atmospheric-river/)
"Washington residents prepare for possible flooding as ‘atmospheric rivers’ threaten parts of Northwest" Nov. 27, 2021 oregonlive.com
She’s not as dramatic as a hurricane or forest fire
Just someone’s old mother
Arranging her daily dignity
In an unrefrigerated apartment
She’s got a cushion chair
An oxygen tank
A bed
Her toilet
Weather Channel on the TV
She’s survived past her friends
The world’s last Sparrow chipping at a bird feeder
Night muffled of its insect thrumming
Mountain creeks hollow of Salmon speckle
She’s like them
A white flag draped over her rocking chair
108 degrees yesterday
112 today
Tomorrow?
Ceiling fan useless against the boil on her stove
Whistling to the empty room
She’s gone to sleep
Steaming
Lid rattling
We will all sleep eternal sleep very soon
Her only son breaks down the door at high noon
Cries alone
At her feet
Swallows the embers of her toes
Crumbles to dust
Himself
In the whirling arms of the unrecorded extinction.
*Image of Out in the Rain by Gifer
Rusting In Seattle
Prompt rain starts~~I without an umbrella makes me feel dumb & dumber
2020 August 24
*1st Place*
STRAND COMPLETELY NEW (27) ,any form,any theme
~~Brian Strand: Judged 2020 August 27
'Peaceful Protests Intensified' --
So the morrow's headlines certified
But how'd reporters turn blind eyes
To fire-bombings that terrorized
a downtown stunned and traumatized
Why was ugly violence euphemized
~ as 'Peaceful Protests Intensified'
Dear Seattle,
You've sold your balls to the devil.
Now your streets are overgrown
with poison pansies, weeds, and thorns.
At night there's rape-intimidation and extortion.
Just beyond their fragile little mind border.
A dollop of tear gas and a couple of weed whackers.
And they'll scurry back down their rabid holes.
Dear Seattle,
You've sold your balls to the devil.
Like Loading Cattle In Seattle
When we will spend time in Seattle,
We would like loading lots of cattle;
See Rainer;
Docile deer;
What to do next, we had big battle.
Jim Horn
Lived in Redmond, WA near Seattle
from August 1976 to May 2001.
Really liked it but too expensive.
I once knew a lady from Seattle.
When she stole my heart,
I was a horse without a saddle.
With long blonde-brown hair
And a devilish grin,
She smelled of baking
Powder and cinnamon.
That's no jest,
She bakes the best,
Though kisses even better
(On the nights we find a sitter.)
Oh, she'll ring your bell,
But, alas, gentlemen never tell.
Six years wed
The wild joy of children
Pulled in a sled,
Crying and laughing,
Stomping and romping,
And that's just us,
As lovers,
As partners,
As friends.
Stepping into the future
With you in hand,
Is a wonderful miracle
of madness and love,
support and struggle,
sandwiches and sandwiches.
Suddenly hungry,
I've lost my rhyme.
Not to fret, though,
My love I have found in you,
through you, as we breathe as one
Along our endless laundried days.
Like a deleted lovers scene
From the movie "Lagaan,"
We sing and dance for the other
Laughing into the sun.
Happy 6th Anniversary, Babe,
I repledge my love to you.
My heart is a duck parade
And your the kazoo.
Cautious About Crane in Seattle
In Seattle, fallen over had a tall crane;
Down below in the street does remain;
Sound air filled;
Several killed,
And luckily it never landed in fast lane.
Jim Horn
Seattle Skyline Horn Haiku
Seattle skyline,
Which way beyond belief;
Was love at first sight.
James Horn
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