In response to Rebecca Cunningham’s s poetry challenge to write an ode in praise of rain, I came up with this.

We’ve had such a lot of rain during winter, spring and summer.

Ode to Rain.

Sweet and gentle rain does fall
Giving flowers what they need
To bloom beneath the garden walls
Making nectar, bees to feed.

Dusty, dry, the desert sleeps
Waiting for the rain to come
Now the thunder, downpour seeps
Desert blooms and insects hum.

Rain fills rivers, lakes and streams
Essential for all life to live.
Be grateful for the sunlight beams
But also thanks for rain, we give.