clamor

clamor

twenty-four-hour news
social media rants
raucous human noise

instead
thunderheads
in rising wind

first the plunk
of single drops
then the downpour
a steady thrum
on the roof
the silence inside

softens my body
mind emptied
I choose
the clamor of rain

2022 ©Amrita Skye Blaine
I’m writing a poem a day. These are drafts—not final versions.

3 thoughts on “clamor”

Linda

total silence
then the big frog
then the sound of war
Oh just Hawaiian’s doing fireworks
More silence
Then the rain
Like a fire hose
Opening on the roof
And again silence

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December 24, 2022 at 12:25 am Reply
1. Amrita Skye Blaine
  
  Gorgeous!
  Merry Christmas! Love, Amrita
  
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  December 24, 2022 at 6:29 am Reply
2. Amrita Skye Blaine
  
  I love “like a fire hose/opening on the roof
  Thanks for this!
  
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  December 24, 2022 at 8:05 am Reply

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