posting poetic prose
14 Aug 2023 2 Comments
in ovillejo Tags: flood, mud, puddles, rain
do you hear rush of rain?
set pump in drain!
sound pounding on roof?
gutters overflow proof!
what follows a flood?
splash puddles and mud!
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moisture soaks flower’s bud
crops drink shower’s dew
(there’s new lake in view!)
pump drain, gutters flow into puddles and mud
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This is written in Spanish “ovillejo” form as prompted at dVerse poets last week.
01 Jul 2022 2 Comments
in free verse, prayer Tags: corn, drought, heaven, prayer, rain
Lord, do you hear the corn?
parched leaves curl inward
desperate to conserve moisture
green tips point up, reaching
toward heaven’s hot expanse
in dry plea for relief
do i see small rain cloud form?
hear faint rumble of distant thunder?
oh, yes and amen
crops thank you in advance
faith grows greener
19 Feb 2022 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: hurricane, rain, weather, wind
Extreme winds and seaweed-filled storm surge during Hurricane Dennis. Key West, Florida. (Mike Theiss/National Geographic/Getty Images)
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My response to the Sunday time challenge at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Landlocked in Iowa, I’m glad we never experience hurricanes directly…we have tornadoes!
28 Jul 2020 21 Comments
in prosery, scripture Tags: ark, dove, flood, Noah, rain, rainbow, Raven, wings
He cried tears of sorrow
over creatures who rebelled
and washed the earth clean
of violence in ancient times
( humanity hasn’t changed )
faith-full Noah rode out storm
with motley-crewed menagerie
in huge hand-built (pitched
and precariously pitching) boat
until drencher rain stopped,
floodwaters began to recede
when raven embarks from ark,
on long reconnaissance mission
pumping back and forth across
expansive sea on strong wings.
days later, Noah let out a dove,
delicate creature in search of
nesting place for her young.
first flight aborted, exhausted
re-released after (weak) week
she returns with an olive branch
of peace to the human family (who
bowed) under God’s bow of promise
— aimed back at Him who would
bear our sin and rescue the world.
A prose poem linked to dVerse poets where Laura Bloomsbury encourages us to take flight!
27 Oct 2019 4 Comments
in classical haiku Tags: apple, cinnamon, leaves, rain, spice
fall smell of wet leaves
~ cinnamon apple slices ~
refreshed after rain
Link to Carpe Diem‘s weekend challenge to write to still life image above.
30 May 2019 3 Comments
in tan renga Tags: crane, lonesome, rain, sadness, white
Carpe Diem invites us to create a tan renga in response to this haiku which Kikaku wrote for his mentor, Basho, when Basho lay ill and dying…
how I wish to call
a white crane from Fukei
…but for this cold rain.
© Kikaku
listen…white crane’s lonesome cry
echos torrential sadness
© lynn__
wood block print by Eiichi Kotozuka
22 May 2019 12 Comments
in ekphrastic, haiga Tags: bayou, horizon, humidity, rain, squall, storm, water
This week, Sarah Southwest hosts dVerse poetics and invites us to write ekphrastic poetry featuring artwork by Mary Frances from her “New Worlds in Old Stones”…
11 Apr 2019 8 Comments
in distillation, free verse Tags: bales, bridges, cattle, clouds, dam, flood, ice, mud, rain, snow
Linking late to Linda’s “water” prompt at dVerse poetics…
water, water, water, everywhere!
dark clouds broiling across plains’
hard-crusted snowy landscape; soil
soaked by heavy rains, washes into
half-frozen rivers, ice breaks loose
floating icebergs grind along banks
dragging down bridges, trees, poles;
pressured dam gives way into torrent
that floods downstream in spreading
wave that engulfs barns, farmhouses’
families escape on muddy roads while
cattle are trapped on shrinking islands
hay bales swept away, fields ruined and
Nebraska is once again a broad ocean…
22 Aug 2018 3 Comments
in etheree Tags: creek, farmers, flood, groundwater, rain, summer, thirst, wet
Elsie at Ramblings of a Writer challenges us to write a poem using “water” and “thirst”. Mine is an “etheree” with ten lines, each of increasing syllables.
wet
when it
rains it pours
saturation,
precipitation,
weather aberration
water cannot drain away
groundwater rises, creek beds flood
farmers, crops and lawns thirst for sunshine
iowa’s summer uncommonly wet!
25 Jun 2018 37 Comments
in haibun Tags: farmers, flood, hay, mud, oil, rain, rivers, sheep, soil
enough rain here five to six inches already and counting with basements filling and ditches flowing as swollen rivers carry away sheep too frightened to move to higher ground and wash out culverts which derailed a train of oil tanker cars spilling into the flooded fields and seeping downstream calling out hazmat teams and trucks hauling rocks while farmers groan at wet hay rotting crops covered with silt and black soil carried away and why must it rain another day?
farmers grow webbed feet
wading through muddy season
who’s building that ark?
road wash-out next to flooded field
Jilly at dVerse poets encourages writers to “break the rules” with this week’s haibun. Our local weather has been unconventional too….and destructive.
22 Jun 2018 5 Comments
in couplet Tags: ball, couplets, hot, June, rain, summer, sun
Rhyming couplets with Frank at dVerse…
notice yesterday’s date marked june twenty-one
means every day now we’ll see less of the sun
calendar says it was first day of summer
heat and humidity might be a bummer
we’ve had plenty of rain, thick clouds hide the sun
a hot sunny day watching ball sounds like fun!
a poem in my pocket 
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