Rain and Wind

Rain and Wind
  By Trevor West

The Poem Rain and Wind by Trevor West is a simple poem I came across when fist went searching for a break from the loftyness of Shakespeare and other authors of the era that I instantly fell in love with. I have always been a fan of the Haiku and West has captured my college career in its entirety in its three simple lines. Its conciseness and sincerity makes me both smile and shake my head at the same time.

Rain and Wind follows exactly the basic form of an American Haiku containing seven syllables in the first line, five syllables in the second, and again seven in the last line, for a total of three lines and seventeen "sound units".  From my understanding throughout my teachings in school a haiku is meant to be short and to the point but still evoke much more meaning in its simplicity. West has done just that to me in his poem.

For me, as a reader, West pulls my attention and thoughts to the crazy weather that most in Ohio have to deal with. Trying to scurry from class to class sometimes carrying my papers and books it would always be just my luck that I would either drop a page or crinkle something important that of course I would need. The poem also expresses my exasperation with my college experience with its "Oh crap! I Need that!"

All in all, I can say that I love Rain and Wind by Trevor West because in essence it has summed up my weather ridden and sometimes frustrating college career thus far.