Sorry about the delay. I’ve just got in from the back end of beyond so the round up will be followed at the speed of light (almost) by this week’s challenge.
So many entries this week! I’m afraid I’m not going to have the time to do justice to all of them. The overall picture is of a great diversity of interpretations. The dominant reds and the aggressive slashes of rain have called up angry, even violent poems. Those of you who picked up on the presence of a dog in the painting have felt a more soothing, calming influence. Yet even the poems expressing regrets and a lost past, have a strong beat to them, not always anger, but a positive feeling as though the poet is not going to take defeat lying down. Very well done all of you! Please visit and read the other poems, they make a very vibrant collection.
First in was from Chris
https://deletedangel.wordpress.com/2016/07/26/velvet-rain/
Leara
Art Imitates Life – LearaWrites
Ken
Michael
In the Rain | The Poetry Channel
Sarah
Rain – for Jane Dougherty’s poetry challenge | fmme writes poems
Sue
In the rain | Sue Vincent – Daily Echo
Louise
Rain and Lightning – Fantasy Raconteur
TJ
Rain in my heart | La vie est trop courte pour boire du mauvais vin
Phylor
river of regrets; silence – Phylor’s Blog
T.L.
Sri with a triolet followed by a san san.
https://srisudhak.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/aching-heart/
https://srisudhak.wordpress.com/2016/07/30/the-rain/
Kat
you’ve been warned | like mercury colliding…
The Crow
caught without umbrellas (20160727) – Words and Feathers
Helen
Poetry Challenge – Rain | Journey To Ambeth
Shadeau
Yearning to Be In the Rain | LINES of SHADEAUYearning to Be In the Rain | LINES of SHADEAU
Kerfe
Veronica
Relentless regret – Simply Snapshots
Merril
https://merrildsmith.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/in-the-rain/
Geoff
In The Rain #poem #poetry | TanGental
Janice
Cacophony at my tail – Ontheland
Tricia
Poetry Challenge: In the Rain – Creative State of Mind
Jane Dougherty Writes 
Welcome back.
Thanks! I could have happily stayed…
Oh nicely done! Welcome back.
Thanks! It was only three days away, but it was a real wrench coming back.
I understand.
I hope the back end of beyond was wonderful.
Another great batch of poems.
It was lovely! I’ll post some pictures tomorrow.
🙂