Monsoon arrival

This week’s poem inspired by the recent arrival of the monsoon, which this year was particularly dramatic and which I experienced from very close quarters.

 

Monsoon arrival

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Grey dusty days washed clear away,

clouds collide, rivers rise,

dawn-birds praise fresh-rinsed blue skies.

 

Crisp emerald leaves emerge complete,

puddles pool, paddies flood,

seeds burst deep in fertile mud.

 

Birds-eye view, when Noah’s doves flew;

blinking ponds, steaming warmth,

delta’s heartbeat to monsoon storms.

 

Chapai Nawabganj, 2015

3 thoughts on “Monsoon arrival

  1. So lovely and fresh. I am not too sure, but it seems we can expect a Danish monsoon tomorrow, when our bookclub goes on a picnick.We shall try to look at it with your positiv eyes.

  2. Rilla, I was always amazed in Bangladesh when locals told me the monsoon starts exactly on June15…but it’s true, it does!

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