May 24: Continuing rain
Kristen Lindquist
A curtain of water makes more vivid the green tapestry of the spring trees. Clouds and mist soften the contours of the landscape, create a background of grey and white against which the trees shine even more brightly. A stand of beech trees, waving chartreuse leaves larger than hands, is almost psychedelic in the fog. Birds are hard to spot in this weather--who has the patience to stand long in the rain, vision obscured by water dripping on binoculars?--but still they sing. Dry inside, I listen to hear them over the rain.
Rain drips off the roof,
its rhythm punctuating
robin's late day song.
Rain drips off the roof,
its rhythm punctuating
robin's late day song.