{"id":109,"date":"2014-09-29T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/poetry\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2015-07-16T05:41:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T05:41:51","slug":"city-rain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/poetry\/poems-by-patrick-carpen\/city-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"City Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This page was last updated on the 15th of July, 2015 by <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Carpen.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>City Rain &#8211; A Poem by <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Carpen.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freeimages.com\/photo\/look-in-rain-1485551\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.freeimages.com\/images\/previews\/210\/look-in-rain-1485551.jpg?resize=477%2C630\" alt=\"city rain poem by Patrick Carpen\" width=\"477\" height=\"630\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bright and busy Saturday morn;<br \/>\nThe air is shattered by drivers&#8217; horn.<br \/>\nIn the nearby streets people pace;<br \/>\nThe rain pounds suddenly down&#8211;gutters race.<br \/>\nLike colored tents umbrellas pop<br \/>\nAt the very first piercing raindrop.<br \/>\nThe &#8220;splishing&#8221; sound of falling water<br \/>\nRises o&#8217;er the blackbirds&#8217; twitter.<br \/>\nA polished shoe has lost its glitter<br \/>\nHitting the rain-soaked ground&#8211;<br \/>\n&#8220;Tap&#8221;, and another sound of shallow water splishing &#8217;round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page was last updated on the 15th of July, 2015 by Patrick Carpen. 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