Downpour

It’s been a real

Gully washer

Of a winter.

The pond’s overflowed

A dozen times.

(Will the dam hold?)

River so far out of its banks

It made the news,

And made some messes

That are still a mess.

It’s been a real

Frog-stranglin’

Kind of winter.

Downpours that have

Wreaked havoc

In our little town.

But spring has sprung,

And things are being made new.

Life has won;

The frogs have sung it so.

Today's prompt: write a poem that starts from a regional phrase, particularly one to describe a weather phenomenon.