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Ode to Grey Skies
A Sonnet
I write to thee oh beautiful grey skies
Thou has blessed us with plenty of fine rain
Thine sight might be a pain to some sore eyes
Thus I pen this ode but not to complain
Every day thy clouds look a bit scary
Another storm forms filling us with dread
Local news makes us weary and wary
As downpours and floods are surging ahead
So I ask thee oh beautiful grey skies
Please listen to my pleas and humble rhyme
The drawn-out drought has come to a demise
We prayed for rain but not all at the same time
The weather has been leaving us beset
But grey skies mean I will be soaking wet
I write to thee oh beautiful grey skies
Thou has blessed us with plenty of fine rain
Thine sight might be a pain to some sore eyes
Thus I pen this ode but not to complain
Every day thy clouds look a bit scary
Another storm forms filling us with dread
Local news makes us weary and wary
As downpours and floods are surging ahead
So I ask thee oh beautiful grey skies
Please listen to my pleas and humble rhyme
The drawn-out drought has come to a demise
We prayed for rain but not all at the same time
The weather has been leaving us beset
But grey skies mean I will be soaking wet
Published 24th Mar 2023
Author's Note
For the Sonnets Aplenty comp.
And for those of us in California constantly getting pounded.
(No dirty innuendos intended)
And for those of us in California constantly getting pounded.
(No dirty innuendos intended)
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24th Mar 2023 9:59pm
I've been following the news now that my WiFi is back on and it sounds hellacious out West in California, but it is a big state and hard to tell one region from another from here.
24th Mar 2023 10:02pm
Hey Daniel, thanks for commenting. I'm catching on my reading and comments this weekend.
I had to attend a conference for work this week and the entire 235 mile drive, it rained. Although the hills and landscapes are green, we're getting more next week..
Glad to see your WiFi is back.
I had to attend a conference for work this week and the entire 235 mile drive, it rained. Although the hills and landscapes are green, we're getting more next week..
Glad to see your WiFi is back.
25th Mar 2023 1:19pm
Another funny one.........though not so funny with the misery toooooooo much rain brings. As some would have it: ''thoughts and prayers'' with you. Regards, Robert. PS: maybe some of it should go to Nevada: saw a program a while back where a town near Las Vegas was totally dry, the level of the near by lake was dropping drastically, yet in LV, plenty of water for their Venice and tons water sprays and fountains.
30th Mar 2023 3:46am
You might be referring to Lake Mead (fed by the Colorado River) that's at the border of Nevada and California. That's the biggest water source for Los Angeles. Although I don't live there anymore, I watch a lot footage and documentaries at how the water levels were getting bad. Even with all this rain, they're still not sure how the levels will be even after the snow pack in the Sierra's melt later this spring/summer. Hopefully cities and counties maintain some restrictions because we just don't know if the Southwest will go into another five year drought.
In all honesty, we (and I'm including myself) waste a lot of water.
In all honesty, we (and I'm including myself) waste a lot of water.
27th Mar 2023 3:40am
Even though I love everything about the rain, too much is more than I can handle. (Sounds like you're getting more than you want and need) I'll try and sens some sunshine your way.
: ) Then you can write and ode to sunshine and blue skies.
: ) Then you can write and ode to sunshine and blue skies.
30th Mar 2023 3:48am
Brandy, thanks for your comment.
Yes, we're getting more than we anticipated but the drought was pretty severe. We just don't know if the next couple of years will be dry again and all the water we got this year will just go way.
There are some sunny days in between but who knows how long this will last.
Yes, we're getting more than we anticipated but the drought was pretty severe. We just don't know if the next couple of years will be dry again and all the water we got this year will just go way.
There are some sunny days in between but who knows how long this will last.
