April

Dressed in dripping rags, but bearing bright promise

(12 lines)

 April
Spring quickens
life bubbles between the rocks
icy freshets erupt from sodden slopes
engorged to rage by incessant vernal drizzle
boiling, roiling, leaping down the mountain
flowing, slowing, pooling on the plain
subsiding softly into stillness
waiting now to reflect
Summer blooms
                       
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Author's note: ▶︎

This is a Shape Poem that's meant to look like a rain cloud.

Honorable Mention for the April, 2022 round of The Taboo Words Contest
Prompt: April Showers
Cannot use: water, drench, weather, cold, shower

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The Taboo Words Contest ~ On Hiatus  (13+) create writing that has wings #2139468 by Choconut

Third place in the April, 2022 round of The Whatever Contest

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The Whatever Contest -- Closed for Now  (13+) This irregular contest will change each round. Nature poem? Horror story? Whatever. #2232242 by Schnujo's having school probs

Thanks to foxtale for a helpful suggestion!