#MM Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 13 July 2019 — Summer Rain

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“Summer Rain” by Kara Ray

Summer Rain

clouds
squeezed cotton
sheds new ancient wealth
on all without favorites
Om

walk —
summer rain
refreshes my skin
and fills the pond, drop by drop
full

fish
rise to rain
surface umbrella
pitter-patters gentle song
lulled

dust
drummed to mud
rises and travels
in rivulets to flower
beds

roots
are ready
gather liquid life
shares with each part of itself
thrive

 

 

 

Today’s offering is called a crown oddquain form poem, which are 5 oddquains (1-3-5-7-1) in a series.

Sarah is the host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Saturday Mix.  Sarah says:
For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have reached into my mystery bag and pulled out an Oddquain. The topic is up to you!  You may be thinking to yourself, What on earth is an Oddquain?Luckily, Shadow Poetry has an explanation…

 

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Thank you, Linda :)

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  1. Absolutely gorgeous! I loved it and I think it will be a keeper for me 🙂💕

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  2. 5 verses, very nice.

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  3. hanspostcard's avatar hanspostcard says:

    Excellent…. but the past two summers too much of that summer rain!!

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      We’ve gotten enough rain here but when it hits the high 80s I want it to rain to cool things off. Oh, I FINALLY met the former owner of the house today. He came over to chat for a bit and lives just down the road. He said all this rain is bringing the Mississauga rattlers up out of the wet along the creeks. Great! He didn’t think it was a bear back in the brush but remembers one making a circuit through here in the 1990s.

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      1. hanspostcard's avatar hanspostcard says:

        Great- snakes and bears.. I don’t kind a nice gentle rain but the rains we’ve been getting the past couple summers here- are violent thunderstorms- gully washers I can do without that!

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  4. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

    Oh dang I just called you Jim :( The heat must be frying my brain today. Can’t keep names straight.

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  5. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

    Now I see I didn’t. Nevermind.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Thank you, Sarah :)

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  6. Carol anne's avatar Carol Anne says:

    Awesome! Your a talented poet! <3

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Thank you for all of your positive feedback, Carol.

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      1. Carol anne's avatar Carol Anne says:

        You’re more than welcome, X ❤️

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