Featured Poem: Waiting Out the Rain by Shelly Bryant

02 April 2011
Featured Poem: Waiting Out the Rain by Shelly Bryant
Waiting Out the Rain

Sitting with a cup of tea, I stare. The downpour has just ceased.
Huge drops fall off the edge of the awning. Across the road, the
green and red of the miniature pagoda are sheltered by the golden edge
of the gate’s upturned corners.

I cannot say:

Am I looking at raindrops rapidly falling against the garish colors of
the temple backdrop?

Or am I looking at the bright pagoda through the screen of the rain’s
remnants?

And then, the light up the road changes, red to green.

My question is settled by a lorry, the answer emblazoned on its side.



SHELLY BRYANT splits her time between Singapore and Shanghai, working as a teacher, freelance writer, researcher, and student of Chinese language and culture. Her first volume of poetry, Cyborg Chimera, was released by Sam’s Dot Publishing in October 2009, and her second volume, Under the Ash, followed in January 2011. Shelly loves to read, write, cycle, and travel, and enjoys the opportunities for all of these that her present migratory lifestyle affords. You can visit her website at http://web.me.com/shellybryant/Site/Home.html
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