Word of the week (17)

 

The writer searched for a new word. She was fed up with saying, ‘It’s raining,’ every day.

                    Precipitation

                    when it starts

                    can be a mere dampness,

                    a patchy, light mist

                    with odd spits and spots

                    that grow into mizzle,

                    and a bit of a drizzle,

                    but then comes a sprinkle

                    of drips and some drops

                    that make up a splashing

                    or maybe a shower,

                    till all at once the heavens open.

                    Now it’s a cloud-burst, a downpour,

                    a drencher, a soaker,                                                        

                    tipping down torrents

                    and streams of cats

                    and dogs, not to mention the

                    teeming stair rods.

                    Being polite, I’ll say it’s persisting,

                    chucking it down in buckets

                    and sheets – it’s pelting!

                    The deluge has left me wet to the skin

                     - but at least I avoided the RAIN.