In psittacism of falling rain
this frozen solstice petrichor
of rainclouds waltzing quite deranged
in psittacism of falling rain
vacations that were well arranged
now crumble into mundane chore
In psittacism of falling rain
this frozen solstice petrichor
Midsummer soon
Today at dVerse MTB, Tony tells us to use repetitions. I took the simple way out and wrote a triolet. By coincidence #artwiculate have the WOTD called psittacism . which could happen with overuse of repetitions. I will hopefully not be present when the pub opens. But will try to catch up after the weekend.
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June 19, 2014
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Interesting piece, Bjorn. I had to look up the definition of the word “psittacism.” 🙂 —Susan
It’s not a very common word… but it’s a nice coincidence…
heh and hopefully our speech is never meaningless….but fun play with all the P sounds….hopefully the vacations are not washed out…
I hope not to do any psittacism.. but we’ll never know.. do we?
I hope you can still enjoy your vacation despite the chilly rain. I know you are looking forward to it.
I do.. but I work next week too.. 🙂 now it¨s only midsummer weekend.
Hopefully things will brighten up as the day goes on. Falling rain definitely can put a damper on one’s activities. And, ha, in all my years I have never heard either of those P words!
Rain is over.. but it’s pretty cold…
Yet when you have the smell and the rhythm, you make it sound rather an attractive event in itself.
Wordmagician playing around … 🙂
I had to look psittacism up too … smiles. Petrichor I’ve come across several times.
If our weather is any guide, then you should be getting some warm, dry days pretty soon. It was over 25C here yesterday … tropical by our usual standards 🙂
An unusual p word, I had to look it up too ~ Hope you enjoy your vacation Bjorn ~
Oh how fun! Being a nurse, the first thing I thought of was a disease called psittacosis that humans can contract from avian species. I wonder now about that, if its repetitive. I love words–had to look it up before reading.
ya know…i avoided the psittacism word this time cause my tongue is still tangled up from trying to speak it out loud this morning.. hope the weather gets better and you can go on your journey
Clever poem. I too had to look up the word. 🙂
psittacism is an awesome word… def gonna throw that in my daily vocab… lol.. wishing better weather your way; had an awful thunder storm here in Michigan just yesterday.
Enjoy your time away, Bjorn. Thank you for teaching me some new words! The repetition worked very well… and I am very pleased that there is a word for the scent of rain on dry earth – mmmm, lovely!
Learned a new word and I love it! I need to use “psittacism” in a phrase –again… smiles
I can’t say the word but the poem is lovely 🙂
Ooh, clever poem, excellent use of repetition and wordplay, Björn.
ah, the rain has indeed ruined many a well made plan…nicely done.
Great use of words I didn’t know Bjorn, but I get the feeling of a break/holiday being ruined by rain, I hope not for your sake.
The simple way out? OMG, I am just sitting here, slack-jawed at your unusual and advanced verbiage, perfection of repetition AND a triolet, all at the same time. Great job. I am now slinking away, feeling inadequate, LOL.
Very effective parroting. : )
rain or shine the vacation must go on..nice poem ..I too had to look up the word…great use of repetition..
The weather can be quite a bore. Great repetitions with some uncommon big words which are nice to know! Wonderful take Bjorn!
Hank
Oh wowza, you’re the man! I have to go research words, now….
Well done. Clean, tight AND multi-syllabic ‘P’ words – what more could I ask for?
Actually, there would be no “p” sound with “psittacism,” but it’s a “p” word all the same! I had to look it up, as well as petrichor. Good to learn new words, thanks. Loved this form as well as the sentiment of a vacation dashed by bad weather. When I lived in Bermuda and it rain, all the tourists bitched a bit. But when it turned cold, man, watch out for anyone from the mainland! Peace, my friend. Amy
that’s a perfect one Björn and with those p-words…i also tried a triolet today with an imperfect meter…
Great triolet. I learned that psittacism word today – knew petrichor – but sorry I didn’t know it growing up. On the great plains you can smell the storms coming and a different smell develops in the rain and still another afterwards. There are many fragrances of warm rain on hot soil!
You sent me straight to the dictionary, Bjorn – though if I’d stopped to think, I could have worked it out linguistically! I love the smell of the earth brought by rain after drought. A very clever poem for this prompt.
That”s a good one with P words.. enjoyed it a lot:)
I love what I read here. But, more importantly I love what I learn here. And the brevity of this though the loop of words repeated, is exactly right! Good one, Bjorn.
These two new words are going into my mini dictionary – a file I keep with new and unusual words for later use. Nice poem.
in psittacism of falling rain – a brilliant line of poetry!!! Wonderful writing!!!
Ooh, you had me running to Google – twice! I enjoyed the poem very much.
Not often I have to look up two words for one poem 🙂 great triolet!
I learned two new words today, thanks to you. 🙂 So, there is an exact term for the smell of rain meeting dry earth.
I enjoyed reading your poem. 🙂
You’re a master of form, Bjorn…i merely attempted a triolet 🙂 The rainstorms here are becoming repetitive!
Quite the tongue twister when spoken aloud – clever use of the word and wonderful repetition! K
I like what you did, fun to read!
Wow! That left me scratching my head and flicking the dictionary! Not a bad thing.
My belated effort (I missed the cut off) is here.
So many strange words! I did not understand a thing. 🙂
You have to check a dictionary… or google them..
psittacism means parrot-like repetitions and
petrichor means the smell of rain on wet dust…
The triplet is one of my favorite repetitive forms, and you’ve only added to the many reasons why I love them. Hope you didn’t get water-logged!