The rain downpour brings with it gully-washers, soon filling banks and overflowing everything in its path. But, no one sits beside a gully-washer. Most prefer a beautiful slow flowing stream. This is the story of our lives. Happiness comes and goes, while joy is that continual flow that makes life worthwhile.
Happiness rises
Sudden burst of energy
Joy bubbles along
Today at d’Verse Sarah asked us to write a poem about the rain. Seems it rained every day last week. This week the sun is out and my garden is thankful!
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while joy is that continual flow that makes life worthwhile….. yes
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Thank you very much!
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Love this 😊
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Thank you so much!
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Thank you for this fresh perspective! It was a bright spot in my day.
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You are very welcome! Thank you!!
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You’re welcome!
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Tied it in beautifully with life, we all ebb and flow 🙂
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Yes we do. It is that way in all of nature!
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A gully-washer – great word!
This is a great reflection on the difference between happiness and joy. A bit of excitement is great, but you need that constant, gentle flow going through your life. And if that’s your garden, it’s beautiful. I’d love to see it when the stream is a little calmer.
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It is a beautiful spot when the rain stops. Wild flowers blooming and a little gurgling stream. We call it our Shangra La!
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Beautiful
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Twice in Florida living I got caught in the rain. One time I was saved by a kindly umbrella given…no not from being drenched, just having to wait it out. And the last time a sleepless night before evaluation of my skills followed by rained upon… Only to have the bus arrive full a/c literally after the last drop.
Both times I had fleeting thoughts that sure pesky getting soaked.. but isn’t it odd that a modern tragedy of rain is a blessing in island mode? It’s not always the worst thing.
Soothing poem.
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Thank you for your interesting accounts! We all need a good soaking at one or more times in our life! A blessing to some… Derrick Knight said they have just gotten their first rain in weeks. It all depends on one’s perspective!
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Lol but there was a wee cuss too. 😁
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Maybe a big one!! LOL
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Hahah
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‘Gully-washer’ is a phrase I want to use at every possible opportunity, Dwight! I love the sound of it, and the final line of your haiku, ‘Joy bubbles along’ has made me happy this morning.
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Thank you Kim! Gully-washer is an old colloquial term from my childhood! So glad it connected with you!
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We are welcoming our first rain for weeks.
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That is good news! Things will pop now!
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I like the bubbling of joy at the end.
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Thanks Frank!
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Thanks for sharing the joy here 🙂 We could use a gentle rain…no gully washers, please!
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You are welcome. It is beautiful here today!
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This reminds me of that Donovan song, Happiness runs in a circular motion…wonderful rhythm. (K)
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Yes it does! Thank you!
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joy as a bubbling brook I read here – how I love the sound of ” a gully-washer” as word and effect
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Thank you Lara. We used to get lots of gully-washers in the fields in the spring that would make ditches across the field.
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Beautiful poem, Dwight! Yeah, happiness comes and goes but joy remains.
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Thank you Miriam! It is hard sometimes not to let what is going on in the world steal your joy!
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Exactly, especially the opportunists did nothing but looting!
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It is a disgrace to everything Martin Luther King, Jr. stood for and work so hard to bring about!
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I know, even the protesters who are not looters express so much anger.
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Joy, that continual flow….that’s how it should be! Love this!
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Thank you Mary! Don’t let anyone steal your joy!
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I do! Sit beside a gully-washer, that is, providing I’m on a screened porch, in which case I love every minute of it.
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:>) Good place to be in a rainstorm. I love to watch it rain from a dry spot as well!
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A lovely musing on happiness and joy. Yes, joy is the continued flow, and something to wish for.
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Thank you Merril! Hope all is well with you and your family!
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Thank you, Dwight!
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Lovely poem …. gully-washer is a favorite word of mine.
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Thank you so much. It is such a descriptive word!
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SOunds like a wonderful babbling brook here.
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Yes it comes and goes in a very short time!
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