Here are two poems for these wet days. Both come from Eve Merriam's book A Poem for a Pickle: Funnybone Verses.
A Rainy Day
by Eve Merriam
No balls are batted,
dog's fur is matted,
crossing guard is rubber-hatted,
sidewalk is splatted,
hair curl is flatted,
quarrels are spatted,
scraggly cat is scatted,
dampness is dratted.
Light Rain, a Downpour,
and Pigeons Feasting on Crumbs
from a Picnic in the Park
by Eve Merriam
splitter splatter,
skitter scatter.
I do hope you'll take some time to check out all the wonderful poetic things being shared and collected today by Katya at Write.Sketch.Repeat. Happy poetry Friday friends.
I usually enjoy a rainy day, but by Wednesday I was chanting "Rain, rain, go away!" Love Eve Merriman and the word play in "A Rainy Day." Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI wish you could send the rain to us as well. but at least you were able to share some cute poems. Eve Merriam is always a treat. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI love Eve Merriam!
ReplyDeleteI am like Catherine and do enjoy the rain, but Wednesday pushed me over the edge as well. "A Rainy Day" is a keeper, and the second poem reminds me that I promised to one day write a title longer than the poem itself :-)
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love "dampness" is dratted! Thanks Tricia. You may send some of your "damp" to Colorado too! Never enough here!
ReplyDeleteHi there Tricia, we've been having a dry spell here in Singapore - I'd probably read these Eve Merriam Poems aloud as my rain chant to bring in the drizzles. :)
ReplyDeleteDidn't Eve Merriam write that great windshield wiper poem, too?
ReplyDeleteOh, how I love her wordplay!
Love the fun word play in "A Rainy Day".
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