FAWM September Song Sprint 2026

Turn on the news. Precipitation? Weather person says no chance I hang my head in consternation Time to do my own rain dance Turn on the tap and there’s no action Not a drop for me to drink Awaiting liquid benefaction Need to fill my kitchen sink Tried to turn to simple dowsing Couldn’t even make that work No time now for more carousing Body then began to jerk Years of drought, I’m in a panic Time to take some action now Dance around with movements manic Got to make it rain somehow Can you feel it, something's happening? Scent of moisture in the air Can I feel a little dampening? Clouds are gathering way up there Drops are starting, rain is falling Finally we are getting drenched Finally someone heard me calling Thirst is finally getting quenched

Other Comments
@newukenewyork
The panic builds, the relief comes -- it's quite a journey. Well-constructed!

@wynia
These lyrics, bring me back to earlier in the summer here in Wisconsin, where I live, where it didn’t rain for almost an entire month. The ground was cracking! It was such relief when that thirst of the ground and of the plants was finally quenched! Really nice word arcs here

@nancycunning
Yes to the arc of dryness, frustration, flailing and then the relief of the first hints of relief and then the deluge. The rhymes and rhythms of the lines seem to bring it on.

Rain Dance