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POETRY CORNER: Rain Dance

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September 16, 2022
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Plants growing in the rain Picture: Steve Buissinne from Pixabay

Plants growing in the rain Picture: Steve Buissinne from Pixabay

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We are little plants and bushes

Sat in the the garden soil

On our own, once the seeds are sown

Like a car that needs it’s oil.

This sun has been atrocious

Too much I have to say

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We pray each day for rain

The clouds to turn a heavy grey

We haven’t got water on tap

Or fans to keep us cool

We’re in this searing heat you know

We can’t dip our petals in a pool

We’re all dying of thirst

So we have to rely on man

As we’re about to get a well earned drink

They impose a hose pipe ban

We flowers woke up this morning

All crinkly like the hedge next door

The clouds were grey, hip hip hooray

Look what we have in store

The skies just burst wide open

We rain danced in the showers

One happy garden once again

Just a sign of God’s great powers

 

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