Rainstorm Poem by David Hatton

Rainstorm

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Falling like a curtain,
Smothering, soaking, suffocating
Yet refreshing, the life-giver's return,
Welcome
As a smile to a child's face.
Washing away
Topsoil, seeds, leaves weakly-hung on battered boughs,
Ripping life from fresh-sprung growth.
Conflicting force from above,
Destructive life-giver.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Just a five-minute rain poem to demonstrate to children writing poetry that there's no need to think too deeply and for too long about a poem; the best words in the best order is more important than finding a rhyme. I simply took the idea of heavy rain causing damage as well as bringing much-needed life.
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