Some Other Names

I view poems as a magic invitation (for writer or reader, adult or child) to sit for a while with a question or sensation, and explore it in your own way.
~Kate Wakeling

D, age 5

For Poetry Friday, what looks like a fun mentor poem to me! Kate Wakeling's Some Other Names for Rain:

illustration by Elīna Brasliņa

Some Other Names for Rain
by Kate Wakeling

I call you the eyelash rinser
and windowpane racer.

I call you cloud soup.

I call you the tongue tickler,
sock seeper,
hair hassler
and ankle surpriser
(when paired with a passing car).

I call you sky spittle.

I call you leaf polisher.

I call you the pavement drummer
and umbrella summoner.

I call you a brigade of micro water bombs
having a skirmish with the lawn.

I call you the puddle artist
who will only draw circles.

I call you a sprinkle of ocean,
far from home.

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TeacherDance has the Poetry Friday round-up. Thanks, Linda!