After a forecasted atmospheric river unleashed an unofficial haiku showdown among West Coast National Weather Service branches and other weather poetry aficionados on Twitter, we asked readers to send us their own rainy weather haikus.
Our inbox was flooded with an atmospheric river of creativity. One reader even taught us a new word, using it to describe our hesitancy toward umbrellas. “It’s our Weltanschauung,” wrote Paul Nuchims. Weltanschauung refers to an apprehension, usually one stemming from a specific standpoint.
We received more than 100 submissions and narrowed down our favorites. Now, we need your help to crown a winner.
Thank you Times readers,
for weather Haikus galore!
Now, choose our winner.
Here are the haikus from our top 10 finalists, in no particular order. Cast your vote by 5 p.m. Sunday in the form below.
- A river of rain?
Another new way to say:
It’s that time of year.
– David Takami - Soggy Seattle
Falling leaves, pumpkins floating
Beware wet Sasquatch
– Melissa Dismuke - Don’t like rain? Cry me
an atmospheric river.
This is Seattle!
– Anonymous - Leaves on maple roots
beyond the trailhead of dreams.
Coffee lights the way.
– Ed Leach - Symphony of rain
Oratorio of wind
Fall’s concert begins
– Peter Breysse - What’s the forecast say?
“Atmospheric River” due.
Let’s go back to bed.
– Marcie Sims - Weatherman said rain
I’m bailing out my basement
My yard is a swamp
– Anonymous - Gray skies and white peaks
Fat raindrops splatter the roof
Still, I play outside
– Michael Cook - rain falls on my hood
wet percussive symphony
wind howls its applause
– Tamara Scarlett-Lyon - River in the sky
We are pebbles underneath
We sprout Gore Tex moss
– Mike Robinson
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