Midday Rain

Rain midday,
Dark and rich.
Loud rain—replenish.

Tree-shaking,
Puddle-dancing,
Party-crashing rain.

Atom-smashing,
Earth-quenching.
So fresh—this rain.

Cats and dogs fight
With garden hoses.
Garden growing rain.

Dark forest
Ghost-warming
Chill of a rain.

Mountain mist,
meadow mint,
Midday rain.

--Ardi Keim 9/18/03