Run Between the Raindrops

By Barry Plamondon

Barry Plamondon keeps the magic alive, speaking to us through his unique verse and rhyme. He leads on a path of nostalgic memories while guiding us on his journey into a world of dreamy days and starry nights, reminding us to seek the simple everyday joys of life. Even when we struggle with the challenges of life, Barry's poetry speaks to the resilience of the human spirit, reminding us to always "Run Between The Raindrops" and to keep on keeping on.His soulful words touched me deepest "in the places that have been broken", bringing light to "The Shadows".

The last poem brings us back to the first, and is best said in Barry's own words, "All I need to know about those little points of light Is they’re sparkling and shining so beautiful tonight".

• Language: English
• Publisher: Silver Bow Publishing
• Release date: Oct 12, 2017
• ISBN: 9781927616543

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Copyright © 2017 Silver Bow Publishing

Cover Artwork: Painting "Antediluvian by Candice James

Layout/Design: Candice James

Editing: Candice James

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ISBN 978-1-927616-49-9

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Plamondon, Barry, author

Run between the raindrops / Barry Plamondon.

Poems.

ISBN 978-1-927616-49-9 (softcover)

I. Title.

PS8631.L3R86 2017 C811'.6 C2017-903508-8

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Dedicated to the memory of Ellen Brenda Pelletier.

Beautiful Tonight

Does a star shine brightest just before it dies?

Before it burns up and falls from the skies

As I gaze up at stars sparkling overhead

I wonder if it’s true some are long since dead

Sometimes it’s just too much for me to think about

Overthinking ruins the ambiance no doubt

All I need to know about those little points of light

Is they’re sparkling and shining so beautiful tonight

Water

I turn on the faucet to see if water will flow

Most days it does, some days, no

I have learned I don’t need water everyday

I can usually find myself another way

Over time I’ve learned so many ways to thrive

And I’ve always received enough water to survive,

I’ve learned to be ready for the floods in my own way

Knowing I may find the well dry on another day

Grecian Nights

Another Grecian night

Stargazer’s delight

The ancient Greeks

Loved to study the stars

And the planets too,

Jupiter and Mars

Archimedes, and

The great Pythagoras

Among ancient astronomers

They were the very best

Spending countless nights

Studying the sky above

Discovering new stars

And constellations to write of

Stronger

You’re stronger in places that have been broken

No truer words were ever spoken

Than these by the great Hemingway

A man who loved to have his say

The Old Stone Church

There’s an old stone church

That stands on the corner

It’s been there for over