A Vision of Rain

Jimmy O'Connell · Post by **Jimmy O'Connell** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:16 pm

A Vision of Rain

It burst a June storm last night.
I had to use a white rim-chipped
enamel bucket, which we
use for carrying orange-warm ashes
from the grate, to catch the rain

as it seeped through the ceiling,
gathering into glob-drops,
dripping into a rattling pail,
tapping out the slow movement of night.

. . . . . . .

We watched a TV documentary
on deaf poets.
I sat a rivet of attention

as she stood before her audience,
arms, fingers and hands a ballet in silence;

my stomach pranced to her vision of rain.

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:41 am

Very beautiful, thank you for sharing this.

mat james · Post by **mat james** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:42 am

I'm there Jimmy !
Great poem

Diane · Post by **Diane** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:51 pm

Strong images there, Jimmy.

Thanks,

Diane

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:14 pm

Hi Jimmy ~

Your poem expresses the beauty in the language of people who are deaf. I love the way you so graphically brought to life rain as it is for the hearing and rain as it is for the non-hearing. Very effective contrast of the concrete and the ethereal. Sensitive. Yes, it's very moving to watch someone speak in the ways of your woman poet.

Thanks so much for writing and sharing your poem.

~ Lizzy

Jimmy O'Connell · Post by **Jimmy O'Connell** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:22 pm

Thank you for the thoughtful reading of my poem.

I never realised there was such a thing as deaf poets until I watched that particular documentary. It certainly was an eye-opener for me!

jim111 · Post by **jim111** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:48 pm

Hi Jimmy,
Enjoyed very much, liked the part about the deaf poets.

TC
Jim

Cohen Kid · Post by **Cohen Kid** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:58 pm

I'm not sure I really understand all of it (I'm dutch), but I certainly like it...

There's some lovely things in it, like ' arms fingers and hands , a ballet in silence'

Well done

Zoe Martell · Post by **Zoe Martell** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:06 am

The first bit of this reminds me quite a lot of William Carlos Williams...

That's definitely a compliment.