Forgotten Rain
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
the smell of wet earth
rises like a question
in the dry air.
no one remembers
the sound of rain
on pavement
last week,
or was it last month?
the way it seeped
into the cracks
of the sidewalk
and disappeared
leaving only
this faint scent
of dampness
and the memory
of a memory
that refuses
to surface.
About this poem
This poem is a meditation on memory, nostalgia, and the fleeting nature of experience.
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Written on May 25, 2024
Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 25, 2024
Modified by JoeStrickland on May 25, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOMMPQ |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 300 |
Words | 61 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
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