liquid sunshine
burst from the sky in July
drip drop raining
I missed last week because I was on vacation but the first line has been sticking with me every since. The rain doesn't really show up in this picture very well but I was eating breakfast on the deck pondering some words shared with me on my walk that morning. I passed two older gentlemen on my morning walk. We were walking in a morning drizzle, a bit of a drip drop format. He smiled at me and said, "it's just liquid sunshine." It totally changed my mindset and I began thinking about all the good that comes from a good rainfall. Earlier this summer I was sticking tightly to a 5-7-5 syllable format. Thanks to you, poetry friends I've branched out a bit to 4-7-4 pattern. I do like the first and third line to have the same syllables. It may not matter but it feels right to me.
Liquid sunshine is such a wonderful term for rain, Mandy. Thanks for sharing that.
ReplyDeletenot only lovely in thought....but a happy sound too. Nicely presented! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAnother great example of how a shift in perspective can totally alter our experience. I also love the term liquid sunshine and enjoyed hearing how it inspired your haiku. Well done!
ReplyDeleteYou have created your own form -- I think you should name it!
ReplyDeleteWe've had an Ark's Plenty of liquid sunshine this summer, haven't we?!?!
I love that you're keeping up with these, Mandy, and feel as if you received a wonderful gift with that "liquid sunshine." We have quite a bit of "drip drop raining," too. Lovely poem.
ReplyDeleteA lovely thought, happily captured in your poem. You have a joyful spirit in your poetry.
ReplyDeleteI need to keep telling myself this during our six-to-eight month rainy season. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI still cannot ever bring myself to do anything but a 5-7-5 count. It never feels right to me. I'm a rule keeper and a rule breaker, but for some reason a Haiku is never a real Haiku to me unless it is 5-7-5! But that is definitely "my problem"!!
ReplyDeleteMy fav part: "from the sky in July" - love the rhyme and rhythm of it.