Conversations with God

You know, Lord, years ago, Selma Robinson wrote a poem named “Summer Shower,” beginning it by saying that a poem used words like colors from a paintbox.

Ahead of the poem she wrote: “Your eyes see color, and your ears hear music.”

Then she wrote the poem:

“Thundering, shimmering, silver gray, it’s raining today. Shining and slanting, spears, such a shower as we’ve been wanting. Freesia and fuchsia and mignonette and Violet and golden glow, And blue delphinium, row on row.

And morning glory and hollyhock, and four-o’clock and sweet alyssum And bachelor button and cucumber blossom and black-eyed-Susan. And purple clover, when the rain’s over, will shake the shower Out of each brimming, glistening flower.

And the sun will turn to a bright metal, each bright petal; When the rain’s done each leaf and each petal will sparkle in the sun.”

Turn a few pages and there is “Night Clouds” by Amy Lowell.

She wrote that: “Here is the moon again — and what a transformation! See the colors – gold, green, vermilion!”

Quoting: “The white mares of the moon rush along the sky. Beating their golden hoofs upon the glass heavens; the white mares of the moon are all standing on the hind legs. Pawing at the green porcelain doors of the remote heavens. Fly, mares! Strain your upmost, Scatter the milky dust of stars, or the tiger sum will leap upon you and destroy you with one lick of his vermilion tongue.”

These two poems were fun to share, Lord, sharing for friends to check out full moon this month is August 11th. These gals wrote these poems back in 1938.

Thank You, Lord, for creation — we love full moons and rain. Zechariah 10:1: Ask rain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain — The Lord who makes the storm clouds; And He will give them showers of rain, vegetation in the field to each man.

Love, Mara