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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.

Very beautiful, thank you for sharing this.

I'm there Jimmy !
Great poem

Strong images there, Jimmy.

Thanks,

Diane

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

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!

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

TC
Jim

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

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

That's definitely a compliment.