Summer Time Seasonal Reads is proud to introduce, The Rain, to new readers.
This Long Form Poem describes life in the desert southwest during monsoon season. As the Sonoran Desert braces for another season of torrential rains, blowing dust, and microbursts, humans and creatures alike do anything to find shelter.
"A long meditative poem
that soothes the soul."
that soothes the soul."
"You can hear the rain as you read along."
The Rain is an epic poem that follows the friendship of a woman and a grasshopper, who lives in her yard.
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Long Form Poetry
There are times when one page cannot express the creative thought with
enough precision that a poet needs to explore the idea further. Poets
are then obliged to write until the story is complete, while adhering to their rhyme-scheme. Long Form Poems like
the Iliad have been a favorite for centuries, and here are Undawnted's versions to entice the mind and tickle the senses.
Find your favorite in Undawnted's Long Form poetry section.