Monday, June 29, 2009

Summer Rain Poem

This month has been the dampest, rainiest June that I can recall. I don’t think we’ve had more than five full days of sunshine so far—and today is the 29th! I usually appreciate a day of gentle rain in the midst of steamy, humid, blazing summer heat—but the weather here is getting on my nerves. It’s been one day of gray after another.

Today, I decided to post an old summer rain poem—one that I had written more than twenty years ago for a collection of seasonal poetry that I never published called Tasting the Sun.


Summer Rain Poem
by Elaine Magliaro

I like a quiet summer day
when clouds above are oyster gray
and rain falls softer than a sigh.
I stand out in the melting sky
cool water washing over me.
I’m a pearl all shimmery,
rough shell unhinged and opened wide
letting all the sea inside.


I’m hoping we’ll have some fair weather for the Fourth of July weekend!


Check out Tricia’s Poetry Stretch this week at The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - Acrostics.
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6 comments:

  1. jamaJune 29, 2009 at 4:27 PM

    Lovely poem, Elaine (shimmery pearl)! And an early congratulations on your anniversary. You and Mike are such a handsome couple :).

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  2. Elaine MagliaroJune 29, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    Jama,

    I got me a great guy at the ripe old age of fifteen. We've been together for over 47 years!

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  3. laurasalasJune 30, 2009 at 7:09 AM

    Lovely, lovely poem, Elaine. Those last three lines, and the melting sky, and the extended metaphor with the oyster gray sky...wow.

    This makes me wonder why you haven't been publishing for 20+ years. Seriously.

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  4. Elaine MagliaroJune 30, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    Laura,

    I thought this rain poem was a "throwaway." I began writing poetry in my late twenties. But over the years--after reading and writing lots of poetry--I began to refine/change my style. I looked back at my older poems and wasn't satisfied with them. In recent years--since I began blogging--I started rereading some of my older poems and revising them. I changed a few words in this summer rain poem before posting it here.

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  5. KanupriyaJuly 1, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    I’m a pearl all shimmery,
    rough shell unhinged and opened wide
    letting all the sea inside.

    --- lovely poem, liked it a lot.

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  6. Elaine MagliaroJuly 1, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    Kanupryia,

    Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment.

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