Sunday, December 18, 2011

PITTER PATTER





I look at myself…
A bit muddy,
Wee bit dirty;
I smile and jump,
The image vanishes
With a splash!

Opening my arms wide
Letting the cool
Aqua drench me
Hydrate my thirsty soul;
Throwing my head back
I taste the nectar.
Wrap my hands around myself
And hop to the sounds of
Pitter patter.

Squish
Squish
The walk

Swish
Swish
The windy spray;

Oh! How I love these rain filled days!

For - dverse Poetics- Out of the Sketchbook
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31 comments:

  1. IreneDecember 18, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    This is a very bubbly poem, Janaki! It made me smile. :-)

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  2. MaryDecember 18, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    I love the sounds you brought into this poem The swishing and the squishing really worked for me.

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  3. GraceDecember 18, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    I like rain filled days. Such a positive and happy voice...like the sounds too ~

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  4. MotifsDecember 18, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    An excellent choice of words...I loved it.

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  5. ShreyaDecember 18, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    Nicely penned. :) ♥ Those rainy days and paper boats. Aww.. I miss my childhood days. *Sob sob*

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  6. JANUDecember 18, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Thanks all..
    Shreya...we all miss our childhood days.

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  7. Dave KingDecember 18, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    This captures the sheer joie de vivre of the image - rain drops and all. Brilliantly done.

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  8. ClaudiaDecember 18, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    hmmm... love me some mud and rain and i start dancing any time.. smiles - love the lightweight mood in your voice here..and the squish and swish..smiles

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  9. RimlyDecember 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    I can imagine you going squish, squish in the rain. So well expressed.

    http://rimlybezbaruah.blogspot.com/2011/02/powerless-you-fade-away-into-distant.html

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  10. Martha Jane OrlandoDecember 18, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    Splish, splash! What fun to play in the rain . . . your words made me feel like a child again.
    Beautiful, Janu!

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  11. Corinne RodriguesDecember 18, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    I like the feeling of this one, Janaki....nice and light!

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  12. Brian MillerDecember 18, 2011 at 5:46 PM

    nice...great use of sound in this, the sounds made it almost sing song for me...i wanna go play now...smiles...

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  13. Manisha BhatiaDecember 18, 2011 at 6:01 PM

    Kool. This s a beautiful rhyme...v sweet...:)

    Love
    Mani

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  14. Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson BarryDecember 18, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    I was there feeling the same as you do,
    cool expression.
    Cheers.

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  15. John (@bookdreamer)December 18, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    I can feel the rain dance

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  16. AnonymousDecember 18, 2011 at 7:45 PM

    Hi Janaki, the poem is awesome.. and left me with these words: "Meee tooooo!!! I love the rainy season too." :)

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  17. Maude LynnDecember 18, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    This is really fun!

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  18. TamekaDecember 18, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    What fun it was to read these words today! It is so liberating and freeing to dance, hop, jump and splash around in the rain. I'm smiling through and through!

    http://lyricfire.typepad.com/lyric-fire/2011/12/lyric-fire-my-first-this-moment-post-.html

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  19. JANUDecember 18, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Thanks all.

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  20. AnonymousDecember 18, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    nice onomatopoeia

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  21. sulekkhaDecember 19, 2011 at 12:14 AM

    Innocence is dancing in the rain with you :) loved it.

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  22. photos by janDecember 19, 2011 at 6:57 AM

    Wonderful,<3

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  23. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 7:45 AM

    "Throwing my head back
    I taste the nectar."

    I like anything involving nectar.

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  24. The PoetDecember 19, 2011 at 8:19 AM

    Hello.
    I love the playfulness of this Janu...the vivid sounds of the squishing & swishing.
    Very nice imagery!
    Thanks for sharing.

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  25. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    This is fun, and makes me wish for rain...although it should be snow here. Victoria

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  26. BongoDecember 19, 2011 at 9:42 AM

    swish swish, squish squish....I love it...would love to play in the rain again...As always...XOXOXOXO

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  27. photos by janDecember 19, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    Love the rain love your words.

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  28. VaisakhiDecember 19, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    lovey lovey the rain....gleeful bubbly write....i loved the way u ve writtn it...beautiful...:)

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  29. JANUDecember 19, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    Thanks again...friends.

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  30. AnonymousDecember 19, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    I could do some of that!

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  31. Melissa TandocDecember 20, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    Oh how I love those rainy days too! Oh you just gave me an idea on what the rain sounds like, I'll use it for my three year old niece when we play ~ squish, squish...loved it!

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