The Drowning World

I wish myself away from this drowning world.

Where rain runs in sheets down my windows.

And the wind tears the trees leaves away in hordes.

The air is chill and autumn damp.

I can't go even out the door for fear of a soaking.

My walker would be blown away if I did.

The hill over the Phoenix Inn looks like a misty wild forest.

The clouds are so thick you can't see where one begins and another ends.

How I wish these waves of storms would end.

What happened to our gentle Pacific?

Did the wild Atlantic take her place.

One more month and it will grow worse.

Winter will come blowing in.

Sharon Pribble

Comments: 27

Angie O. Nov 7, 2009, 1:56pm EST

Very good, I feel the same with the approach of winter. Been working on a poem similar but can't seem to finish anything lately.

Sharon P. Nov 7, 2009, 2:15pm EST

Thanks, I'm sure you will get there. Sitting here inside the storm cell inspired me.

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Adrian Eve Revenaugh Nov 7, 2009, 2:02pm EST

Your view from the safety of shelter gives us a keen appreciation of a climate in flux.

Good capture of the challenge you're facing Sharon. Are you in the EYE?

The Surreal Circus

Sharon P. Nov 7, 2009, 2:15pm EST

I am now, I was in the blustery wind earlier.

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Elsie Duggan Nov 7, 2009, 2:33pm EST

Sorry the weather is bad for you there 'Sharon, hopefully the sun will return soon, we have it here for the first time in several days, best wishes to you as you ride it out,

Sharon P. Nov 7, 2009, 3:10pm EST

Its brighter now that we've probably reached the eye of the storm. Its predicted to go on indefinitely.
It was pretty stormy for the last 24 hours.

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Kushal Poddar Nov 7, 2009, 10:03pm EST

Rain runs behind me through the gutter till we meet at the sea. It just...poped up.

No one can write any better than you.

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977890478

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Sharon P. Nov 8, 2009, 12:32pm EST

Thanks Kushal, but you often do.

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Jennifer Lee Nov 8, 2009, 2:21am EST

You paint an intense and vivid picture. I like the line about the misty forest. I'm sorry to learn that it's autobiographical and hope you stay inside as much as possible.

Sharon P. Nov 8, 2009, 12:33pm EST

Believe me, I do. Its still raining. We have a break or two, but the storms are supposed to roll in all week.

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Marinela Kotsina Nov 8, 2009, 4:07am EST

Same here Sharon. We never had so much rain in Athens. I try to like it but no way!
You have expressed so beautifully our mother nature...

Featured in " OUR SOUL JOURNEY" group

Sharon P. Nov 8, 2009, 12:34pm EST

thanks for the feature Marinela. Thats such a pretty name.

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Abiodun Ehindero Nov 8, 2009, 2:18pm EST

Gloomy weather but you've put it so naturally and that makes sweet reading Sharon.

Sharon P. Nov 8, 2009, 2:50pm EST

Thank you Abiodun.

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Lee P. Nov 8, 2009, 3:31pm EST

Awww, nice poem about not so nice weather.

Sharon P. Nov 8, 2009, 3:49pm EST

Thanks Lee.

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Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. Nov 9, 2009, 11:36am EST

a tactile poem to be sure~ maybe I felt it more so because I AM SICK to pieces of rain rain rain~ this has been the most drenched year I can remember~ grey and dreary wet and cool~ not my thing at all~ five more years~ kid turns 18~ my a** is so hightailing it back to AZ~

Sharon P. Nov 9, 2009, 4:11pm EST

Same here. We get sun breaks, but they don't last long. The storms are coming in waves off the Pacific.

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Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. Nov 9, 2009, 11:36am EST

Thanks for posting to GutterGirls~

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Angela A. Nov 12, 2009, 3:45pm EST

This is intensely beautiful!
Thanks for posting to my group, Anythingwriting

Sharon P. Nov 13, 2009, 2:42am EST

Thanks Angela.

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dreama e. Nov 14, 2009, 4:38pm EST

very nice : )

Sharon P. Nov 14, 2009, 7:39pm EST

Thanks Dreama.

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Love from Darlene! Nov 15, 2009, 7:36pm EST

Fall rain is so much different than Spring rain and I won't be surprised with Winter.
I enjoy reading your poems, poetry and/or prose. I hope I am not labeling your words incorrect in the world of writing.