tender rain

tender rain, not so much falling

as gliding downward to caress

desiccated leaf and blade

in comforting slaking of thirst

engorgement and, eventually,

grateful, green satiety

pewter-gray sky

pewter-gray sky

with peculiar sheen but little brightness

heavy with darkened clouds thick

without puff or soft, curved margins

bringing rain soft and incessant

as though all the sky were doomed

to precipitation evermore

and no individual living being

would know again the glory of sunshine

through august

gentle rain, hardly more than mist

but it may be enough to give hope

that the far-flung

 rhodies will make it through august

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wet tinged

rain

not as in florida’s torrents, but gentle, welcome

the first time in months my lawn has been tinged

with green rather than straw brown

remark this gift

remark this gift

haiku

 contemplative rain

dictating pause and reflect

gifting perspective