Arts & Sciences

Thunderstorms

by W. H. Davies 1871–1940

From Foliage (1913)

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My mind has thunderstorms,
That brood for heavy hours:
Until they rain me words,
My thoughts are drooping flowers
And sulking, silent birds.

Yet come, dark thunderstorms,
And brood your heavy hours;
For when you rain me words,
My thoughts are dancing flowers
And joyful singing birds.

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The poet's mind has thunderstorms that brood for hours until they 'rain me words', and he welcomes them because then his thoughts are 'dancing flowers / And joyful singing birds'.

MLA

Davies, W. H. “Thunderstorms.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_wh/0/.

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Davies, W. H. “Thunderstorms.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies_wh/0/.

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