Another rain poem to stand in for a rain dance. We need rain! From his book, Black Aperture (2013).
from Monet as a Verb / by Matt Rasmussen
The raindrop
that splatters
on a blade
of grass is
no more
Minnesota
DPF / Muske-Dukes
Last for weather for now. Our California State Poet Laureate from 2008-2011! Maybe gardens next week. More here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/octave-above-thunder
from An Octave Above Thunder / by Carol Muske-Dukes b. 1945
Here were the words of the Blind Poet–
crumpled like wash for the line, to be
dried, pressed flat.
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