Carelessly Wet

(a fun piece about a boring chore, pleased to say it is now dancing in the wind)

look at yesterday's laundry

limp lethargic and totally lifeless

soaked to its thin saturated skin

.

looking disheveled droopy

hanging by pegs on a rotary line

dripping with drenched wetness

.

it couldn't get any wetter

i couldn't have made a better job

of ensuring so if i'd tried

.

there it is crying its eyes out

left out excluded in pouring rain

suffering indignity not so much pain

.

all because i lost the plot

forgot to bring it inside when

my carelessness cast it aside

.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Since we don't get a drop of rain for 8 months out of the year, I actually didn't read this as being "laundry in the rain" for the first half! I just thought you didn't wring your laundry out very much! But then I remembered how someone from the UK responded to my fire announcements by saying you folks were drowning in rain! Your power of observation in all your poems is top-notch & then you turn that into lively original descriptions about everyday relatable stuff! Amazing! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Chris Shaw]

Hello Margie, you hit the nail on the head here. Trying to make poetry out of the mundane. We all have laundry to do and it has really been wet here lately. Take care Margie.

Chris

[Ted Kniffen]

Most of us ... shall I say more experienced people ... have been acquainted with laundry flapping in the breeze ... or run a hand through the wringer by accident. For some reason I always liked the smell of a soapy wringer washer and the swish swish of the agitator. Pulling the wet clothes off the line in a rainstorm was another question. But better than frozen solid on a winter's morning ... probably why Mum always liked her dryer.

[Chris Shaw]

Frozan solid on a winter's day sounds so much worse. Thanks Ted for checking this one out.
read moreFrozan solid on a winter's day sounds so much worse. Thanks Ted for checking this one out.

Chris

[AJNJ]

Wow. Clothes can cry too. Especially if left outside in the rain. Wet they were already and now dripping and weeping. Devoid of their buoyancy and their brightness. Happily, that too did pass and now they're fluttering, flapping and dancing in the wind. Delightful!

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you AJNJ. Rainfall now over and clothes dried to perfection today. All's well that ends well :)

Chris

[Lorry]

Well at least it isn't snowing Chris and the shirt is pointing to something in the distance and looks like its trying to escape.
Such a heavy sigh as you realise too late that you have to wash your wet washing again because it got wet. We are a strange lot, aren't we? 😀

[Chris Shaw]

Been a bad girl and though I read your review, somehow forgot to acknowledge it, so I've put meself in the naughty corner. Did I wash my wet washing all over again? Course not getting it wet once is enough, it stayrd out till the wind blew it dry. In any case it was mainly old working jeans of his indoors and he wouldn't notice or care:) a belated thank you Lorry. Happy Tuesday. Bit chilly this morning.

[Lorry]

A definite nip in air. Could have put the central heating on a few days ago, but not in August! Waited for calender to catch up and clicked it on at midnight.
And depending on which paper you read... Torrential rain and storm force winds or heatwave expected.
Heads or tails? 😀

[Chris Shaw]

Ha ha. Doesn't it just vary :)

[Karissa A. Kelly]

Loved this piece! Such colorful language- and such a wonderful use of anthropomorphism with the line "there it is crying its eyes out". Your incredible diction definitely shines through on this one.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you so much Karissa. A fun write for a very wet day. Your review has me lifted.

Chris

[Ankita Dwivedi]

OH! A witty and wonderful poem .Don't forget to bring them in next time :)

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Anita. Just a bit of fun. Appreciate your visit.

Chris

[Jimmy Yetts]

Laundry abuse--a tragedy rarely brought to light.
Terrorizing towels and slandering sheets are not activities in which upstanding women
should involve themselves.
No wonder so many socks go missing!

[Chris Shaw]

So that's the answer to all the missing socks Jimmy. Laundry abuse :)) I have often wondered about that. Thank you.

Chris

[Papaya]

:) Chris. How could you forget to bring it in!
The indignity...

[Chris Shaw]

Ha Ana. Too busy doing other stuff to realise that the rain was chucking it down and it was already wetter than when I put it out :)) Thank you fir checking in.

Chris

[Papaya]

Been there. That's what makes this so funny! :)

[Chris Shaw]

Irritating isn't it?

[Papaya]

Yup. :)

[Dave Brown]

If this is all your boating belongings, they could already be used to a bit of a rough ride

[Chris Shaw]

True Dave, much of it is. They are happily dancing in the wind now. Hopefully will be dry soon. Thank you.

Chris