Colorless cold rain
melding with the gray sidewalk
misery to love.
Gray
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Posted by Bodhirose on December 15, 2010
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booguloo
/ December 15, 2010Sorry to hear.:(
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2010No, there’s no real cold rain here–bright sunny skies–just a poem. 🙂
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Jamie Dedes, all rights reserved
/ December 16, 2010Oh, but I love it anyway. Sorry you don’t. Stay warm. …
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2010I’m glad you loved this, Jamie. Not really going on here at all–it’s bright and sunny and the temps are heading up–yay! 🙂
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Jamie Dedes, all rights reserved
/ December 17, 2010Oh, that’s right. It’s Florida… I forgot.
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Tamasin
/ December 16, 2010perfect
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2010Hi, Tamasin. 🙂 Thanks for the visit and comment today–glad you liked it.
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2zpoint
/ December 16, 2010Gayle I’m sorry to see the gloom mood on such a bright flower. The sun will be back soon for you!!
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2010Thanks for your visit, Stuart. No, not gloomy here–just a poem. The sun has been bright and cheery in spite of the too-low temperatures we’ve had lately. Today we start warming up for a few days back into the more normal 70s. Ahhhh! 🙂
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liv2write2day
/ December 16, 2010This really captures the feeling of December, Gayle. Great image, too.
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2010Thanks so much, Victoria. That image does go perfectly, I think.
We really could use some rain here–we’re under a fire watch now because of the dryness–another side effect of winter.
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Uncle Tree
/ December 16, 2010LOL! The last line made me smile! 🙂
The setting sun peeks
Rays burst through clouds blushing blue
Arcing rainbows blaze
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2010Good! 🙂
Your poem has the exact opposite feel as mine–lovely.
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Uncle Tree
/ December 16, 2010Well…that was sorta the point.
Glad you noticed. 😉 Te-he, UT
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2010Duh! 🙂
xoxo
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soulbro*
/ December 16, 2010Buffered clouds
Dirty pillows
Crying to get out*
enjoy my Dearest Bodhirose(+)
soulbro* 🙂 xo—{–@
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Bodhirose
/ December 16, 2010Exactly! 🙂 Wonderful, perfect description of “gray”.
xoxo
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soulbro*
/ December 17, 2010hehehehe…warmer there yet?…. 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ December 17, 2010YES!! 🙂
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soulbro*
/ December 17, 2010good….it must be my positive vibes that is keeping you warm..enjoy the swelter(+) 🙂 xoxo—{–@
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Bodhirose
/ December 17, 2010Mid 70s today–felt so nice! 🙂
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contemplativemoorings
/ December 17, 2010We had a lot of flooding up here in WA…not a pleasant sight…
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Bodhirose
/ December 17, 2010So sorry about that–flooding is no fun. Thanks for your visit.
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trisha
/ December 17, 2010this is so very kolkata rain 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ December 17, 2010We’ve had many cold rains like that too. 🙂
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trisha
/ December 18, 2010hmm, its one of the characteristics of kolkata too. dottie was trying to sleep on my lap, got furious by my typing, showed me some tempers and ran away to bother brownie.
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Bodhirose
/ December 18, 2010Sometimes cats don’t show the most patience do they. 🙂
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trisha
/ December 18, 2010esp if you are disturbing their slumber.
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Bodhirose
/ December 18, 2010If Sita is sleeping and I have to disturb her, she will answer me with a little whimper of protest. She really hates to be awakened. 🙂
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trisha
/ December 20, 2010she is a very sweet creature in that case, mine show temper, and often grumble too.
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Bodhirose
/ December 21, 2010Yeah, she’s pretty sweet most of the time. She’s nailed me on the hand a couple of times when she’s gotten mad about something though. It always hurts my feelings when she does that because I never mean to bother her. 🙂
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trisha
/ December 21, 2010my kittens do it atleast once a day, 🙂 mostly while playing with each other. I fall in their path and end up clawed.
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Bodhirose
/ December 21, 2010You must have quite a few puncture marks by now. 🙂
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trisha
/ December 23, 2010they gift me with a fresh one before the earlier ones heal. 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ December 23, 2010😦 Ouch!
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trisha
/ December 24, 2010it sure is a big ouch 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ December 24, 2010Poor you. Do you feel like a human pin cushion? 🙂
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trisha
/ December 28, 2010or scratch post, may be chewie 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ December 28, 2010Poor thing. What we go through to be a parent to a kitten! 🙂
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trisha
/ December 29, 2010pixie was the king of this field too 🙂 the kids do it accidentally and he did it lot more frequently due to clumsiness and mischief.
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Bodhirose
/ December 29, 2010That Pixie–he’s something else isn’t he.
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trisha
/ December 30, 2010Yes. I think he is whacko, esp after seeing the rest of the felines that prowl around here.
any way, whacko or not he is always welcome here with love (and he is the only one who gets a slap or two from me once in a while)
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Bodhirose
/ December 30, 2010He should show some gratitude now and then for your wonderful hospitality. 🙂
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trisha
/ December 31, 2010well he is not at all attached to human beings 🙂
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Bodhirose
/ December 31, 2010I wonder if he would put up a fuss and caterwaul if you didn’t let him inside one day when he wanted to come in–I’ll bet he wouldn’t be happy about that either.
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trisha
/ January 1, 2011the poor thing was scared to death and i think godzilla was nosing him. I was too sleepy to see but when he entered i thought i heard some thing from the ground. the sound of another cat breathing.
i think he is the local father figure till they grow up a little.
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Bodhirose
/ January 1, 2011I always hope all of them will be safe when they go out. When I was growing up we had cats that would be outside a lot and they often would get in horrible fights with other cats–sometimes coming home with bloody ears, bites, etc. Poor things.
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trisha
/ January 2, 2011thats the worst part of getting attached to a cat 😦
they hurt each other so badly.
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Bodhirose
/ January 2, 2011So true. 😦
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Scent of my heart
/ December 18, 2010I always relate gray with rain, misery of love with cold and wet drops .. Nice one, short, clear with meaning. Thanks for sharing!
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Blessings fly your way, Happy Holidays!
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Stay happy! Regards to Florida!
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Bodhirose
/ December 18, 2010I’m happy to share and thank you for your kind comment.
Thanks to you and Jingle for all the good works you do on our behalf. I’m very grateful for this beautiful forum to share myself with others.
Merry Christmas and may the New Year be filled with all good things for you!
Gayle~ xoxo
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Sumit Sarkar
/ December 19, 2010Superb imagination…
Colorless rain melding with gray sidewalk…
that too a cold rain…
🙂
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Bodhirose
/ December 19, 2010Thanks so much for liking my poem of a cold, gray rain, Sumit. I always enjoy your visits.
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