Rainy Monday in ClevelandBy Don Iannone
Heavy gray Cleveland skies
cry rain and gloom
on all those trapped
in this nidus of shyness and angst
hovering south of the lake
we abused for years
with our lives of waste
mired in sewage, soot, and shame.
Hearts full, and
searching for hope
upon this droopy rainy Monday
ruining a perfect May opportunity
for sunshine and virgin greenness.
Blame it on your god
however you imagine your luminosity
or slip away to that special place
where you buried some sunshine
to get you through rainy Mondays.
8 comments:
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I read a comment of yours on Darius' blog and found it to be wise and profound.
How happy I was to click on your blog and see that you are a Clevelander. I was born and raised in Cleveland and no matter where I live, it will always be my home.
Why Thank you Dan.
Check out the action at Darius' blog. Read the comments: http://possiblegospel.blogspot.com/2006/05/gospel-final-premise-spoken-word.html
Stacey,
Thank you. The God debate is older than the hills, but still as fascinating as ever.
Always good to meet a fellow Clevelander. I really like your Kid's blog and the posts about children. Wonderful.
As I get older I mind the rain less. I love its sound on the window.
Britain is currently having a serious drought....could become the worst for a century. Restrictions on the use of water have been put in place today.
Rob,
The entire eastern half of the US is under a rainy period. Everything is very greem, which is great, but what a pain when you have 7 out of 9 days rainy. I wish you the rain you need in Britain.
Rain makes for great mood poetry anyway.
Great meditation sessions today so the rain doesn't really matter to me.
Don
Don,
Lovely poem. I like the rain, too, usually.
Thank you for your comment on my blog.
I grew up in the Cleveland suburbs so it's nice to discover somebody else from the area.
Julie,
Thanks for stopping by. Cleveland? Stacey who commented on this same series is a former Clevelander. Small world.
Right now this is too much rain in Cleveland...been raining for a week or more.
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