After the Rains

People huddled under colorful umbrellas

To save themselves from the pitter-patter

The fragrance of fresh earth

Exhilaration; wafting through the air

Angry skies took a break

Mighty showers shrank to sparse drizzles

As I strolled along the wet park

Tiny rays of light peeking out from the dark

A shrill call from an anxious mother

Warning her naughty child of the weather

Muddy water came flying at my face

As the child capered joyously in the puddle

Looking beside me, a toddler I saw

Staring, examining the tiny ripples in awe

Paper boats twirled left and right, and slowly capsized

Receiving boos and groans from dismayed school boys

A cheery rainbow adorned the skies

Hands flung to the sides, eyes lifted to the skies

I smell, I hear, I see, I feel!

The wholesome beauty after the rains.

22 thoughts on “After the Rains”

  1. Wow Sahana. Great to see you raising your bar every other time. Keep it up and go great guns.

    As the child capered joyously in the puddle – to make it rhyming, I was rephrasing it as “As the child capered joyously in the given space”.
    I Don’t know whether it makes sense 🙂

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  2. Dear sahana,
    Rains are very creative and ofcourse so many poems on rains. But very few about after rains. Creative thinking and somehow the description made me feel am part of being in the scene. Well written. God bless.

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  3. Dear Sahana!
    Lovely one ! Excellent topic to pick and should definitely be instrumental in truly inspiring today’s children….
    …. New age when toddlers are using store bought rubber duckies to play in puddles, what a refreshing throwback to golden olden days of paper boats !!!
    So thoughtful of you to have added that aspect …
    Keep rocking! All the best dear…

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