And the Rain Fell – a poem
This week the eco-blog features its first nature-themed creative writing. Phoebe entered ‘And the Rain Fell’ into the Charles Causley Trust Poetry Competition and was commended for her moving poem, which celebrates the restorative quality of nature.
And the Rain Fell
And the rain fell on nameless lips,
Washed dusty lines from withered hips
From heavy eyes down shining cheek,
From charcoal skies down rivered street,
The rain fell, and those lips, it kissed
The rain came in stale night,
Broke breathless heat and tomcat fight
In stifled black to angry dawn,
Soothed sunburnt rose and sharpened thorn,
The rain came and softened the light
The rain poured on shriveled land,
On joyous prayer and outstretched hand
On roof, and tile, and pavement crack,
On tree, and root, to green turned back,
The rain poured and washed away the bad