Rain Simile Poems

Aged man walks on the busy street
Beyond his ability to cross
Cane in hand, old friends he needs to meet
Delayed by rain, worried about loss

Earlier, he...

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I see a fog about the night,
with a dim light upon the rise,
It is spinning among the mist,
with waves rolling the ship,
the sail fluttering through...

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Whereas if it is meant to be 
Can we see God's Holy face
 is it in his pleasantry die
It reaches far from beyond
 mileage bigger...

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Give me five minutes to face all the facts.  The notes on the fridge of not coming back.  A half-track of slow turns...

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Sol hides behind clouds
Darkness envelops the earth
Shy like a bride
Awaiting empyrean* showers




17th May, 2022


*empyrean - relating to heaven or the sky

25 syllables...

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Dainty drizzle drops of melted cloud alight 
Descending as tumbling torrent of shower
In the deep darkness of the opaque night.

Blows of winds' wrath the squally...

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*Image of Paradox of a Mindfoolness.


Irreconcilable Paradox

The midnight sun casts about clear shadows amidst a
     twilight noon, 'tis yesterday.
The windy gale...

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A commotion in the heart
like a strong gust of wind!
A tingling sensation in the heart, 
as if current flown through veins..
My dreams seems flying high,
Like...

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Send me elixir back and bless me with the rain
The fruits of the sacred tree and the ointments of pain...

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The hottest sun hid under the dense cloud
   A harbinger of mercy with tiny droplets of rain
  All my worries are ploughed
...

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Satan’s shadow or an angels alibi

Wait till Tomorrow then try to decide
Touch the wings on  a butterfly
Or harness the light from afire fly
Clearing the...

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Pain is like sweeping rain 
Dripping wet with gripping tenacity 
Beating down with fleeting intensity 
Drenching me wrenching my heart 
Whirring past stirring up emotions...

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In heat
the pulse of your streets.

I've heard the crack
of hard political whips
that pinch the air.

Cores of human topography,
your aging neighborhoods.

Your people kick cans
counting gravel like...

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Working ethic.
          steel ethnic.
Pittsburgh in the rain
like metal canisters.

The grain of the Alleghenies.
Old labor's hand sings...

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Stalled Beginning…Beautiful Ending

                I
Like a stalled car
with engine running,

I sat...

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