A welcome shower today
cracks in the lawn now healing
rosettes of next year's flowers
turn green again;
long grass waits scythe and sickle
mice scurry through the straw,
thistle wool and rose hips
red crab fuit for March,
heavy strigs,groaning branches
to the ground.
Do I hear them sigh ?
the rain has gone away
the Wrekin clear again,
the aerial standing clear
dusty streets, autumn leaves
and blowing plastic bags.
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jenray
Pro - http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2009-09-23 @ 12:03:40
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Yes there is a cleansing smell after a light shower rain splashes on leaves where the dust has been disturbed...we have had a fortnight with no rain..the farmers are making the most of the dry weather.one of the most dangerous harvests coming up..the potatoes...two killed already I think. X X -
- 2009-09-23 @ 13:04:36
I love the smell, and the enriched colours of the garden after a rain storm or a shower. x
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Zsussanna
Chesterton said not to grumble at the rain....the grass always looks greener x x -
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murphymole
Pro - 2009-09-23 @ 14:32:43
I love the smell after a shower but hate it when we have rain for days. Nice poem though
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ravingmad
- 2009-09-23 @ 15:45:14
I hope it rains here soon - the ground is all cracked and parched just like in your poem
Psssst....Don't forget to click on the "reply to comment" Nobody who's commented on your poem knows you've responded! -
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thanks ravingmad
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ravingmad
- 2009-09-24 @ 16:03:13
No, you haven't - you need to click on it before you type your answer!! - and then look at what it says above the box you are about to type into.
If it says "Leave a comment (logged in as: blckbird)" you do NOT want to type in that box. If you've clicked in the correct box it will say "Leave a reply to the above comment (logged in as: blckbird)" That's the box you should always type your reply into.
Look at all the comments on this page, and note the boxes around them - this reply is connected to your comment above, every other one is in a separate unconnected box, so that means they are "comments", not "replies" That's how I know that no-one received any notification.
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ravingmad
- 2009-09-24 @ 20:16:42
YES!!! Well done!!!!
I got a notification!!
All you have to do now is make sure you do that every time
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Paints a great pic, blckbird...
Can almost smell the cleansed garden...GBHs...XXX