And Then It Rained
by Pamela Griffiths
In two thousand and twelve, a year to be proud
The Olympic flame arrived in a big dark cloud
The spring was lovely, like a summer’s day
And then it rained, and washed everything away
It rained some more, it was getting rather bad
This was our summer, the one we never had
Soon it must stop raining, in spring there was a drought
Since then it has been raining, there’s water all about
The summer was a wash out, no lovely summer sun
No barbecues were sizzling, nothing could be done
It’s a shame we have waited all year for this
We were still waiting for the summer sun’s kiss
A dark cloud approaches, this is not how it should be
Another downpour rains on us, or is it just on me
I’m so fed up of being depressed, it doesn’t do much good
I’d love to sit in my garden, just like I really should
They say that it will rain again, at least until September
It hasn’t rained as much as this, as long as I remember
I waited for a little while, until the water drained
The sun came back out again, and then it rained
End of the poem
15 random poems
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- The Irish Unionist’s farewell to Greta Hellastrom in 1922 poem – John Betjeman poems
- Robert Burns: Farewell Song To The Banks Of Ayr: “I composed this song as I conveyed my chest so far on my road to Greenock, where I was to embark in a few days for Jamaica. I meant it as my farewell dirge to my native land.”-R. B.
- Юнна Мориц – Не вспоминай меня
- Владимир Гиляровский – Нива
- State Fair Time by Michael S Wilson
- Jerusalem Delivered – Book 06 – part 06 by Torquato Tasso
- Николай Заболоцкий – Оттепель
- The Aisne
- A Mother’s Lament for her Son’s Death by Robert Burns
- In Abeyance by Satish Verma
- Ballade Of True Wisdom poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Sonnet CXXVII by William Shakespeare
- Владимир Костров – Не трогайте жанр
- At Applewaite, Near Keswick 1804 by William Wordsworth
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