The Rain

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Dennis N O'Brien

The Rain

Post by Dennis N O'Brien » Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:30 pm

The Rain

There’s nothing like a rainy day
To chase a farmer’s blues away.
The grey clouds rolling from the east
Like rising foam of swirling yeast
From o’er the distant ocean fled,
To save the grain, to make the bread;
As over hills the sweeping clouds
Rise heavenward like lifted shrouds
And there’s no force that can enchain
Their precious store – so falls the rain;
As misty curtains moist and clean
Are drawn across a dusty scene
And falling down in silver sheets
The parched and grateful earth it meets.

© Dennis N. O'Brien, 2012

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Re: The Rain

Post by Neville Briggs » Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:27 am

That's a bit of a wistful sonnet of nostalgia for us here in the Hunter Valley, we haven't had rain since July.
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.

Dennis N O'Brien

Re: The Rain

Post by Dennis N O'Brien » Sat Nov 03, 2012 6:33 am

Dry here too - thanks.

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