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Paul Hoekman
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0 posted 2000-01-01 10:27 AM


Listen to the rain
it never rains the same
it can shower or pour
that's what umbrellas are for.

It's natures wonder
just like lightning and thunder
the way clouds form
when it's humid and warm
how I love a summer storm.

Listen to the rain
it never rains the same
first it's soft like sweat
and then your soaking wet,
it fills your overalls
the harder it falls
until your legs are heavy
then the rain seems steady.

Listen to the rain
it never rains the same
not that I'm accident prone
just hit my funny bone,
jammed my finger
then stubbed my toe
there's really nothing so funny
about that funny bone,
had a pimple and now a canker sore,
I guess it's true what they say
when it rains it pours.

Listen to the rain
it never rains the same
we meet lovers and friends
make our hearts twist and bend,
like the tides of the ocean
filled with waves of emotion,
any cloud in the sky
could be a friend passing by,
and we all have problems
so don't refrain,
every cloud in the sky
must some day rain.

So listen to the rain, listen to the rain
all the rain I know only helps to grow.




[This message has been edited by Paul Hoekman (edited 01-01-2000).]

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Denise
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1 posted 2000-01-01 11:59 AM


There is a silver lining in those clouds isn't there? And a reason and a purpose for everything under heaven! Well done, Paul, great message in this!

 Denise


hoot_owl_rn
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2 posted 2000-01-01 01:04 PM


There's a good message behind the words to this one Paul.
Corinne
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3 posted 2000-01-01 01:16 PM


So much comfort in this poem, thank you!

Corinne

John Foulstone
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4 posted 2000-01-01 01:24 PM


Neat. Good effort on metre and rhyme.
Without wanting to pick at it, don't
you mean "canker sore"?

Echo Rhayne
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5 posted 2000-01-01 02:17 PM


ahhhhhh I LOVE THE RAIN....and after 9 months of a dry spell we finaly got about 10 minutes of rain yesterday LoL  was bad enough to cause over 400 accidents in one county alone, but I LOVE the rain =o)  I love playing, listening, and of course singing in the rain =o)


 ~*~ Hell is not a place of fire and a devil with a tail and horns. But a place of torment because the light of God is gone. To escape this, accept the blood of Jesus Christ! ~*~


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6 posted 2000-01-01 05:46 PM


RAIN! What is that? Huh? Do you know we haven't had rain here since September 12! When it does fall, I'm not sure I'll recognize it!  

(If we did have rain, I'd like your poem..ok so I like it anyway!  )

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7 posted 2000-01-01 07:31 PM


Wonderful poem Paul, I love rain and storms I love to lay and listen to the rain its so peaceful, great message in your words  

Julie

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8 posted 2000-01-01 07:39 PM


I enjoyed reading this poem Paul.  I was on the freeway when that cloud burst that Echo was talking about happened.  It hasn't rained here for so long, it was welcome, but also frightening.
Paul Hoekman
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9 posted 2000-01-03 02:39 PM


Hey John, I guess I'm rarely sore,
but always soar!
          Thanks for the help,
                Paul
        P.S. I'm not soar about the edit!

Bojopy
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10 posted 2000-01-03 02:49 PM


I am so glad I joined this group of people to see such uplifting and insightful poetry.
Thank you for the oppurtunity to read this....bojopy


 

Tamera
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11 posted 2000-01-03 05:37 PM


Wonderful message Paul! And I too love a summer storm..
Tamera

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12 posted 2000-01-03 08:27 PM


Paul, I enjoyed this...the rain has always been a source of wonder, mystery, inspiration and renewal for me. Matter of fact, it's raining here tonight ~ thunderbooms, flashes of lightning, wind racing around...it gives the night an intriguing edge of vicissitude. Thanks for sharing this one tonight.

Dear LadyClaire

Eloise
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13 posted 2000-01-03 09:23 PM


Paul, great poem.  Take the snow and give me the rain, any day!  
Paul Hoekman
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14 posted 2000-01-14 02:04 AM


So many kind words  

devina
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15 posted 2000-01-14 02:25 AM


I know I've read this one...I think I'd better get out of the habit of reading while in a hurry, then coming back to reply!  I LOVE the rain, so this one speaks to me deeply Paul, keep em coming in your earth tones!!!

 Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...

Nan
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16 posted 2000-01-14 07:51 AM


Listen to the rhythm of the fallin' rain....
vandana
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17 posted 2000-01-14 02:35 PM


Paul,I liked your poem very much.Keep it up.
spiked
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18 posted 2000-01-14 02:53 PM


very nice. Sends me back to the patio during a rainstorm in my memories and listening to the sounds of the rain and feel of the air.

RainbowGirl
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19 posted 2000-01-14 05:02 PM


Paul: It is very beautiful, feels so soft and I love to stand in it and get absolutely soaking wet...but then I am weird..*g*

HUGS

PDV: No rain since Sept?...Wow!

HUSG

Rus Bowden
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20 posted 2000-01-14 05:57 PM


Hi Paul,

Love your message and this part:

not that I'm accident prone
just hit my funny bone,
jammed my finger
then stubbed my toe
there's really nothing so funny
about that funny bone,
had a pimple and now a canker sore,


Rus

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21 posted 2000-01-14 06:06 PM


Love the message, love the poem Paul, I remember the occasional hot summer day in Toronto when it would rain. I was a teen and I loved to walk out in it and get soaked, it was so relaxing. Thats when I wrote my only
haiku.

(Rain)
Falling through night air
splashing softly on dark ground
quiet sounds of rain.

passing shadows
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22 posted 2005-04-16 04:51 PM


I do love a good rain
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23 posted 2006-01-24 11:40 PM


Sure you are not from Vancouver this is the type of rain we get, and it is different every single time!  I really enjoyed this and here's a wee bump 'cause I can.
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