Right As Rain Poem by Nika McGuin

Right As Rain

Rating: 4.1


Right as rain they say
but how can rain be right
If you're driving
it can be quite wrong
unless of course
it hits the town right of you
but even then it isn't right
its quite vertical actually
unless it's in inches upon the ground
then, it could be horizontally sound
during rainstorms, thirsty plants can be happily found
yet it only fills humans with glee
when it is experienced dryly

All the same
rain is rain
invented to wash away pain
thus, here it shall remain
so I guess its alright-
right as rain can be

Saturday, March 29, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: rain
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This came out of my desire to play around with the saying, yet have it be less cliche. Instead it's the dissection of a cliche.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kim Barney 17 January 2015

Lighthearted and clever. I never understood that saying, either, and I've been around a long, long time.

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A unique twist that is creative -like a gently flowing river that picks up speed suddenly!

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Daniel Brick 10 April 2014

In the process of dissecting the cliché, you also show the mercurial mind at work, as it follows a train of thought, however unlikely. I was conscious throughout that the speaker is also driving a car as she thinks these thoughts, so it's multi-tasking with the cliché dissection running parallel to driving. The phrase contains an interesting endorsement to whatever it introduces: rain being natural is always right, the comparison to rain means you are right too - how reassuring!

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Yash Shinde 08 April 2014

All the same rain is rain invented to wash away pain thus, here it shall remain so I guess its alright- right as rain can be ..........beautiful lines.........rain really washes away pain and agony.............wonderful write

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Ramesh Rai 30 March 2014

Rain of grace is mighty. love your ink.10+++++

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