We prayed
(falling on knees,
beating chests)
for water.
We cried
as Sun
scorched earth
and
siphoned dams.
We begged
when taps
ran dry.
RAIN!
Send RAIN!
Then
in subsequent torrents,
we cursed clouds
and
shook fists at dirty skies
for
too
much
rain.
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Kim suggests writing a Quadrille (44 word poem) at dVerse today using the word “rain.”
We are still on water rationing, but heavy rainfall over a two day period last week caused major flooding.
little learner 
May 21, 2018 @ 22:04:17
Oh yes … can we ever be content…
May 21, 2018 @ 22:36:17
Such extremes of weather and the consequences are difficult to cope with . I love how you’ve captured the despair in the aside in the first stanza, in the capitalised plea in the and in the fourth and the fists being shaken at dirty skies.
May 21, 2018 @ 22:53:56
How ungrateful we are indeed…Too little or too much, is too extremen. Hard to get a perfect balance of nature, smiles ~
May 22, 2018 @ 05:29:46
😊
May 21, 2018 @ 23:01:20
Ha, sounds like my never-can-be-satisfied mother. I’ve never understood (short of life-threatening wrath-storms) how people can complain about the weather. But then this year we had no winter and I found myself gloomy in a near-tropical January!
May 22, 2018 @ 05:33:10
I’ve discovered just how much we rely on weather. Here our rivers are filled by rain. There’s no mountain snow to feed them, so they are seasonal. If the dams dry up and there’s no rain, we’re in big trouble! 😳
May 21, 2018 @ 23:16:15
And that’s how Seattle ceased being a desert…. So much truth in this quadrille.
May 22, 2018 @ 05:35:55
Wow! Was it actually once a desert? The two things I hear people say about Seattle are “rain” and “good coffee.” 😂
May 23, 2018 @ 01:35:32
Actually, I was indulging in a bit of facetiousness. People don’t tan in western Washington — they rust. As for “good coffee,” I’m too much of a coffee snob to let any of my friends drink SB’s.
May 23, 2018 @ 05:12:41
😂
May 21, 2018 @ 23:40:29
We’re never satisfied.
May 22, 2018 @ 05:36:23
Unfortunately not.
May 22, 2018 @ 00:39:42
Great job and it’s so true how one minute we are begging and the next we are complaining.
I pray it doesn-t flood too much for you.
May 22, 2018 @ 05:29:02
Thank you. We were away and returned to a little lake in our bedroom! 😳
May 22, 2018 @ 00:58:37
We always want what we don’t have!
May 22, 2018 @ 05:37:04
The grass is always greener . . . 😉
May 22, 2018 @ 02:25:57
No one enjoys extremes!
May 22, 2018 @ 05:37:42
And it seems to me the weather gets more extreme every year! 😳
May 23, 2018 @ 02:29:51
Yup!
May 22, 2018 @ 02:30:44
it sounds a lot like folks here. Why are people never happy with the amount of rainfall? Reminds me of a song from Camelot
May 22, 2018 @ 05:39:03
Perhaps that’s one of the simple things about a happy life, learning to live in gratitude.
May 22, 2018 @ 13:03:30
I think the Chamber of Commerce has too much input.
May 22, 2018 @ 03:03:58
Ah yes, never happy with what we have…
May 22, 2018 @ 11:21:15
Sigh… as humans we are never fully satisfied. Powerful write 💜
May 22, 2018 @ 18:28:32
Thanks. 😊
May 22, 2018 @ 16:44:38
Goodness, this sounds like us farmers…never satisfied with the weather!
May 22, 2018 @ 18:30:19
Oooo! I have so much respect for farmers!!! You feed the nation and face so many challenges!! Thank you!
May 23, 2018 @ 02:08:38
We talk a lot about the weather here in Canada. Never seems to satisfy. Too hot, too cold, too humid, too much snow, not enough snow….and those rainy days. It’s nice when they only come when needed. Nice write. ☺
May 23, 2018 @ 05:13:04
😊 Thank you.