My response to dVerse Poets Pub Tuesday Poetics: Drought or Deluge
After weeks of summer drought,
It’s pouring again,
Fluidity fluctuating between
Short showers and torrential rain.
Outside, the cat pounces
On each drop that bounces;
Liquid diamonds gush down shoots
To be guzzled up by dehydrated roots;
Water butt and gutters bubble,
Overflowing into thirsty puddles.
Barefoot and dry as a stone,
I dance like mad
Until I’m soaked to the bone.
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
Image found on Pinterest
Walter is hosting this Tuesday’s Poetics. He has continued with the topic of Monday’s haibun – summer weather. I was interested to read that much of the US has been experiencing major drought conditions, unlike the UK. I loved the photograph of a red sunset over cracked earth, something I can’t imagine ever experiencing in real life. Walter has asked us to write a poem about either drought or deluge, so I have re-worked a couple of old scribbles from last year.
writing in north norfolk 
The final three lines grab me. Always dance, like mad or otherwise. Soaked to the bone sounds good right about now! Well done, Kim!
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Thank you, Walter – and guess what – it’s raining here!
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I’m glad someone is benefiting from liquid sunshine!
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rains should be enjoyed just like that….soaking to the bone 🙂
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🙂
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It has been raining here a couple of days off and on and it’s raining lightly this morning so this was a fitting poem with photo. Kat
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Hi Kat! Is the weather being kind to you?
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Yes but right now the rain has only made it more hot and humid but hey when you live in Florida you have to know you will get hot and humid but after rain more so. I loved your photos of your rain
Kat
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Love that last 2 lines…a wonderful celebration of rain and life Kim.
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Thanks Grace!
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It’s nice to feel Summer rain. Your lines put me there for the moment, now i’m back in the drought again
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😕
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I love how you dance in the rain! We had severe thunderstorms last night and pouring rain. This morning it is sunny and too hot. The rhymes in this are so playful. The cat pounces on each drop that bounches….yes!
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Thank you fore reading, Toni!
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You are most welcome.
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Ah the joy of long awaited rain! You’ve penned that emotion well…..dancing like mad….I can imagine you, arms flung wide, barefoot, turning circles and circles in the rain with face tipped up. Lovely!
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Thanks Lillian!
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I like this playful scene of cat pouncing and you dancing until soaked to the bone 🙂
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Thanks for reading, Lynn 😊
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My pleasure, Kim!
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A mix of storm.. deluge
and Summer as often
finds the sub-tropic of
the Panhandle of Florida here..
and haha.. i tried a new style of
moon walk dancing in creek way
several weeks ago..
Refreshing it was..
and ha.. had my
smartphone in my
hand no water proof
there and thank goodness
no
water
fall
either
for smartphone
iphone 6s..
sTiLL..
StreAM Moonwalk
saves
Smart phone sAMe..:)
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😊
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:)..:)
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This is a very sweet paean to precipitation–here (in WA state we having a heat wave–90 is damn hot in he NW). It comes off as personal & playful.
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Thanks Glenn!
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