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Today i'm thinking '...that was some rain yesterday afternoon'

...setting out, to go to Saturday Evening Mass, a touch of sunshine still brightening the Saturday sky, i stop to talk to a neighbour, holding a baby in her arms. Then, a flash of really heavy rain, sends me back home to grab a large umbrella and opt to taxi instead. I get to church clutching tightly my umbrella and holding it low over my head, keeping my eyes low, peeled to the ground, so i would not step in puddles...

ordinary time -
green vestments worn by the priest
Sunday savvy

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yet every blade of grass
welcomes that sudden rain

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slow and leisurely
to a quickening hurried -
sky dictates the pace

--gillena cox


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36 comments:

  1. The last verse is my favorite. Perfect for your day.

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  2. every blade of grass welcomes the raid indeed...and make me cut it again...ha...sounds like a lovely pace the sky is setting...

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  3. Happy you dropped in Kathe

    much love...

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  4. Thanks for stopping by Brian (◕‿◕。)


    much love...

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  5. Nice haiku in the rain!

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  6. Lovely haiku.
    I've danced in the rain today (the pictures show later).
    Have a great new week :-)

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  7. beautiful haiku Gillena!! loved them!! it would have been wonderful though to walk to th emass for a change i guesss!!

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  8. Thanks for dropping in and linking up Leovi

    much love...

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  9. Thanks Mascha

    much love...

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  10. Happy you dropped in Arushi

    much love...

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  11. Anonymous5:28 PM

    have always loved the concept of 'ordinary time' in the church calendar - and your poem is anything but ordinary - lovely - K

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  12. Thank you for your appreciation K

    Much love...

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  13. Yes, the grass and trees are grateful for rain. Especially mid-summer.

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  14. I like the idea of the sky dictating the pace & also the way you celebrate ordinary time!

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  15. Delightful.
    The sky does quicken my pace. Though with a disabled family member to assist I get soaked.

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  16. I love how "sky dictates the pace".. and brings rhythm to all...beautifully done Gillena :)

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  17. Anonymous1:22 AM

    Loving the haiku about the priest's garments - that used to fascinate me as a kid - the symbolism of the various colors.

    Great post!

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  18. I was disappointed to find out years ago that green vestments meant ordinary Sunday as though there was not much to celebrate; which is clearly not the case. It is the same with rain and the Oh no not again can be dispelled by holding hands letting it fall on your faces while laughing, much like plants do!

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  19. Thanks for dropping in Sherry

    Much love...

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  20. Thank you for your appreciation Mary

    Much love...

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  21. Thank you for your appreciation Jen

    Much love...

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  22. OE thanks for your appreciation

    Much love...

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  23. Lovely thinking and writing! I really like your combination of prose and micropoems, somewhat like a haibun.

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  24. Thanks for your appreciation Rosemary, i did mean to include 'haibun' in my labels but forgot; i will edit to include 'haibun'

    much love...

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  25. Leslie, thank you for your appreciation, hope you remember to cover that disabled child with an umbrella, always carry one of those folded ones, in your handbag

    much love...

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  26. The rain that come suddenly can for sure surprise us.. but the greenery will absorb it quickly when it's warm

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  27. Just a variation on your theme:

    rainy Sunday
    the green vestments
    of the priest

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  28. Thanks for your appreciation Bjorn

    Much love...

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  29. Thanks for sharing Bill, luv how the green resonance shines out in yours

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  30. So many different days of rest and worship -
    Everyday a blessing; rain or shine. :)

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  31. Thanks for dropping in Jules

    Much love...

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  32. Anonymous11:44 PM

    I love the idea of the sky setting the pace. All lovely poems.

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  33. we are enjoying a vibrant monsoon season here in the mountains of arizona, green sings!

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  34. Thanks for your appreciation PP

    much love...

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  35. Happy you dropped in Rebecca

    much love...

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  36. Beautifully composed poem Gillena.

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