Monday, 20 July 2020

A Poem a Day (216): Pitter-patter


A poem about one of my favourite things.

Pitter-patter

This pitter-patter of tiny feet,
Splashes down our cobbled path
To stop outside the door and stamp,
Eager to be let into the warm.

Ignored, small hands drum windows,
Over and over, in a hard rhythm,
Then peter out into lightness.

Just a few drops bounce off the glass
To scurry in dribbling rivulets.
The storm, so brutal, loses its edge.

This summer rain slows, spilling,
Floods the senses with ripening green,
Washing, cascading, dripping down, down.

Copyright Vickie Johnstone, July 20, 2020

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