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Do you know rain?
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Do you know rain? |
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Sunshine
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Do you know rain? Is rain from above something that simply spoiled your day of a planned picnic, or a deluge that dampened your spirits because for a brief time, the sun disappeared? Did you wax the car and now, cannot show it off for fear of spots? Or is it more? Do you see it as a washing of air, clearing away smoke from eyes, or as a last clinging to stems before absorbed by earth, as if it were a heavy tear being pulled unwillingly by gravity… do you feel its weight in your heart?  Do you see the drops dance in puddles, looking long and hard behind the romance of it all, embracing this moment of quiet solitude, turning to yours, saying, “this is our moment of quiet” as the tapping resonates upon the roof, barely coming to your ear beneath the morning sheets? Do you know rain? Do not see the drizzle as mere drops that splash your windows after their washing, but know that somewhere an angel is crying for joy as it welcomes home a soul. Then, you will know rain. 9-12-04 (c) KRJ |
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JerryPat Senior Member
since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991Louisiana/America |
Interesting takes on the phenomenon of rain, Sunshine. As for moi, I give rain its due and think of it as a refreshing of the planet. I also feel peaceful for some reason I can't explain. http://swamprighter.wordpress.com/ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
I never thought about rain in so many ways, loved this...still in all I must say I'm going to have to agree with the simplicity of JP and that peaceful feeling rain brings for some strange reason.  |
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silent_angel New Member
since 2010-12-14
Posts 5PA/USA |
beautiful image. nicely done |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Lovely imagery in words and photo. Rain can be felt so many ways. Me, I miss the sun. |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
the wet stuff always makes me smile...enjoyed you here ms sun |
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s1nfully_1nn0c3nt Senior Member
since 2003-10-26
Posts 1105Watertown, NY |
Rain is a beautiful thing, I love the rain  Enjoyed. -Trina. |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
I've always loved the rain. There's an energy to it that just calls to me. The freshness of it's passing has no match. Your poem was beautiful and deeply emotional. Thanks for sharing. Peace. "We'll chase them like rats across the tundra." |
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ILoveTheRain Member
since 2008-03-02
Posts 157GA |
Lol my response is in my username!! I loved this write it is relaxing, and ironically it is raining where I am now |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
I actually love the rain, I find it inspiring. Very very nicely reasoned in this piece Karilea. A fine fine poetic touch of diversified perspective. Write on dear Gal youse has got talent....With a capital...T!! Eric This band's won two grammys for instrumentals. You don't know how that makes me feel as the lead singer! |
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Prasad Nataraj Senior Member
since 2008-05-29
Posts 1149Bangalore,India |
beautiful imagery and thoughts. Love these lines especially. "Do not see the drizzle as mere drops that splash your windows after their washing, but know that somewhere an angel is crying for joy as it welcomes home a soul." Fine writing. "Hardwork pays in the long run" |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
I know the rain. It's the greening of the earth, and an everpresent symphony here for seven months out of the year where I live. Sometimes it is a gray weight, and the tympani is a percussion that moves mountains. Here, people use umbrellas only occasionally. They have webbed feet! LOL I do miss the sun in winter, pine for it, but sometimes there comes a luminosity on the mountains through the drizzle that transports me into another world and wreaths of white crown the peaks in early morning or lie like shrouds in the silence. It is not unusual to see thunderheads on fire over the ocean and watch the white caps become dragon scales billowing beneath the gulls circling in the rain. You actually take notice when a blue patch of sky escapes the cloud cover. I know I am the interloper as I wait for the sun to mine turquoise waves, to turn the silver lakes into sapphire and bejewel the landscape with wildflowers, or to make the dew twinkle on the grass like diamonds in my backyard. But that's winter. In summer, there is a wild kind of breathing that comes just before the rain bursts upon the earth. You can smell it as it whips around your face. The sky is a palette of God's fingerpaint and you can hear Him sighing. Yes, I know the rain, as well as my own tears. This is a gift this morning, Sunshine. Thank you! |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Klassy...what you said...is better than what I wrote.  And to everyone else? Merry Christmas...survive the holidays in poetic style...smile warmly....it keeps others thinking...and give freely...of your love, and heart, and class, just like the lady above did. She made my Christmas! |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Awww... Karilea  |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
I share the same clime as Klassy... and yes, I do 'get' your poem... oh, yes, I know rain! I love this, Sunny Beautiful.Amaryllis |
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