As the monsoon gears up for it's last assault, I'm tempted to post poetry I wrote around the turn of the century (OK... saying that was fun!!! and yes.. that statement is a reason to post ancient scribblings). Wrote these two because I was given a crazy essay assignment - 'my favorite season' - when in college. I kid you not. I had to do something to make it interesting for self ...
The positive spin (the sitting at home / romantic perspective): Monsoon's Magic
The scent of fresh herbs
Wafting in the breeze,
The smell of wet earth
Rising to the trees.
The trees overhead
With bough and leaves entwined,
Form a pretty lattice;
Vague, yet defined.
A soft rain falls,
A little sun shows;
Forming in the skies
Translucent rainbows.
A cool breeze blowing
Through the wood and meadows,
Carries birdsong on it's wing
As monsoon's magic unfolds.
... and the negative spin (trudging in the rain / stuck in traffic perspective): Dripping Disgrace
Water dripping all over the place,
Leaves one looking a wet disgrace!
Mosses and weeds and slippery dung cakes,
In puddles turn roads into yucky lakes!
Traffic's all stopped 'cos the roads are flooded;
By Murphy, now the trains are delayed!
The lines of telecom and electricity go down;
One's got to bear it for the rains are in town!
The positive spin (the sitting at home / romantic perspective): Monsoon's Magic
The scent of fresh herbs
Wafting in the breeze,
The smell of wet earth
Rising to the trees.
The trees overhead
With bough and leaves entwined,
Form a pretty lattice;
Vague, yet defined.
A soft rain falls,
A little sun shows;
Forming in the skies
Translucent rainbows.
A cool breeze blowing
Through the wood and meadows,
Carries birdsong on it's wing
As monsoon's magic unfolds.
... and the negative spin (trudging in the rain / stuck in traffic perspective): Dripping Disgrace
Water dripping all over the place,
Leaves one looking a wet disgrace!
Mosses and weeds and slippery dung cakes,
In puddles turn roads into yucky lakes!
Traffic's all stopped 'cos the roads are flooded;
By Murphy, now the trains are delayed!
The lines of telecom and electricity go down;
One's got to bear it for the rains are in town!
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