Alcuin of York - Hmmm. Actually, rain tends to help me sleep more restfully. What keeps me awake at night are petty things not worth losing sleep over - in other words, my own foolishness.
Alcuin
Derma Kaput - This poem put a pit in my stomach, but only because it rings so close to home. nice one Norm. this is one of the better list poems I've seen in awhile. I agree with Alcuin about the rain, except I think you foreshadowed it with your need for a new roof.
Norm - The rain problem for me is a direct consequence of Vietnam. When it rained in the jungle at night, you not only couldn’t see a thing, you couldn’t hear anything except the rain driving down through the canopy. That’s when the NVA would probe the lines. During the monsoons, we were often on 100% alert (everyone awake along the line) all night long. To this day, when it rains at night, I am so jittery I have to get up. It’s not logical, and that was almost 40 years ago, but what can you do. The body remembers more deeply than the analytical mind.
Tracey - This is a wonderful list poem. The only word in the list that doesn't cut if for me is "memories" because it's so vague and cliche.
As for your explanation about the rain, it actually brought tears to my eyes. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Your voice is so important, so relevant to the current times.
Norm -
thanks, Tracey. it's amazing to me that there are things like that one simply isn't capable of forgetting.
Colleen - I felt like there was something very meaningful to the rain in the poem... I can sense the stress to it... and then reading your explanation... I can now understand... somethings we just never can forget...
Alcuin of York - War does have a cost - except for those who skip attending and order others to do so instead.
Alcuin
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