Young poet;Poem;Goddess of Rain by Nafisa Patel
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Young poet;Poem;Goddess of Rain by Nafisa Patel
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First, there is the command that we turn to the thing we fear most. I also liked the “hail stones” threat - so much more frightening than a drop of rain. The final demand “Bow down to me or you will drown like a kitten” packs an even harder punch; man becomes like a tiny beast, as small and helpless as a kitten. Underlying it all, there could be the general message that we should both fear and respect the elements.
Eva Salzman
Goddess of Rain My name is Lightning.
I am the goddess of rain.
You will hear me at the time of an enormous flood.
You will never see me.
I’m invisible.
My name is Lightning.
I am the goddess of rain, a fearsome goddess who brings floods and tidal waves.
My name is Lightning.
I am the goddess of rain.
Turn to me or you will turn to hail stones.
Bow down to me or you will drown like a kitten.
Nafisa Patel
Nafisa Patel, 11, receives the “Red-All-Over-Riddle Book” by George Szirtes (Faber) . Submitted by Ciaran Clerkin of Selwyn primary school, London E13, who receives a set of Poetry Society posters with teacher’s notes. Please send students’ poems, preferably no longer than 20 lines, to ‘TES’ Young Poet, Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1 9XY. Eva Salzman is writer-in-residence at the Bromley-by-Bow Centre in east London. She has published two volumes of poetry: “Bargain with the Watchman” (Oxford University Press) and “The English Earthquake” (Bloodaxe)
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