Hello everybody peeps.

It’s Day Nineteen of NanoPoblano AKA National Blog Posting Month (but with a bunch of Cheery Peppers) and I’m back with yet another video because I really just can’t help myself.

Check out the Facebook Live performance of my latest poem.

I got the inspiration for this particular poem from studying creation myths, at the suggestion of a Day 19 poetry prompt over at napowrimo.net, along with how are feelings are influenced by nature and the elements.

If you would like some alternative poetry prompts to help you write your way through the month (us poets could use all of the help we can get!) then give these links below a little clickie:-

OctPoWriMo Poetry Prompts – OctPoWriMo 2017

2017 November PAD Chapbook Challenge by Robert Lee Brewer at Writer’s Digest

And here is the poem in written form for you to enjoy either in or out of the rain and preferably with a glass of wine or something warm 😉

Photo by Pexels from Pixabay

“The First Time We Feel Rain” by David Ellis

Through sounds or words
Substance from chaos
Speeches and dreams
Awakened metamorphosis

Sacred components of the natural world
Animalistic attractions, rectifying wrongs
On tragedy’s edge, we redeem ourselves
Every truth doubted, profound knowledge

Similarities in differences
Balance and perfection
Sharing the same fates and destinies
The origin of the stars

Those who close their mouths and open their ears
Have nothing to fear with what they will soon learn
Those who see and feel without hate in their hearts
Have power of eternal light over the crushing darkness

The first time we feel rain
Tasting its tangy scent
The whole family drinks
We are no longer alone

The smallest of spirits
Can set fire to water
Inspiring the biggest of ideas
Energising exhausted bones back to life
Illuminating the way to glory
Let rain’s rhythm kiss all of the pain away
Rainbows from sorrow
Nature’s tears delivered straight to your soul
Savour every drop, it all tastes like home

Still want more? I have also half-inched some other posts from fellow Cheer Peppers for their Day Nineteen entries, so you can try out some different spicy writing varieties 🙂

Where I Come From… – Consolation’s Many Forms – The Miracle of the Commonplace

My relationship with Facebook – The Heartsongs Blog – Journeying back to my heart

For as Long as I Remember – billfriday.com – fictionary…8 megapixel artist…bloody awful poet.

Practice, stumble, practice again – Stop procrastinating now!

Productive Rainy Day – Just A Little Bit Sweet

Growth – Fresh Off The Pad Poetry – Poetry from nothing. Inspired by Anything.

stupid lazy poems that fall apart and go nowhere – memoirs of an unremarkable man

WISH ME LUCK – THAT CYNKING FEELING

Back to Basics – EVENING, COMPUTER – DEAN ON IRISH STANDARD TIME

Nano Poblano 2017- 30 Days of Haiku- Day 19 – The Illusion Of Controlled Chaos

Take Heed, Some Elders Still Say – Edward Fagan Blog

Wieners take a lot of practice. – Bug Bytes By Julie Burton

Hit Through the Board – TYPOZAPPERS

NaNoPoblano 2017 – Day 19 (November 19) – Zombie Flamingos – A journey into bloggerdom

Food for thought on chocolate – Shining Seeds – writing myself into wellness

Our Sunny Center – Behind The Willows

Mountain Man – loristory – flights of fancy to parts unknown