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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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Posts 63354Listening to every heart 
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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 We were blessed with some long awaited rain last evening - a great event given the draught conditions we've been in of late. I felt so blessed by it that I thought I would repost this. Thank you all for your indulgent reading.  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I love the rain. Even the hard-pounding ones we get when thunderstorms travel through the area. I love it, it gives me a sense of being that nothing else has ever been able to compete with. Rain and I are friends, Karilea, and thank you for posting this, it was very well-written. I'm grateful you got some relief from the drought. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Some areas received up to two inches, Jerry. The farmers are pleased, and now there's a sense of well [although humid] - being in the air. Thank you for your indulgences. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Ah, I love the rain... not just watching or listening to it... walking through it, looking up at it, and feeling it on my face. It's cleansing, indeed. Glad you finally got a little there, K. Hopefully you'll see more soon. Michael |
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Startime1955 Senior Member
since 2012-04-22
Posts 1072Alberta, Canada |
I am so glad you reposted this or I would have missed its beauty...I love the rain and find it cleans both heart and soul...wonderful writing...I love to walk in the rain but here in Alberta it is such cold rain...still I love it...*BIG HUGS* *may our dreams ever be magical* |
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ebonygirl Member Elite
since 2011-07-14
Posts 2000California U.S.A |
An angel, crying for joy... a lovey thought, Sunshine, I can hear a gentle voice speak these words. I will now know the rain differently because of your poem. Thank you, ms. e |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I grew up in the Northwest so I'm used to rain and I'll take rain over drought any day. Your poem reminded me of how much I love a gentle rain. Ida |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
Sunshine - There's nothing like that first breath of oxygen after a torrential rain scrubs the air of a big city's contaminants. It's like getting a change of pampers in preparation for the next downpour.LOL. I hadn't thought about that for a long, long time. Thanks for poetically spotlighting that memory with sunshine, Sunshine. It's a parade and I won't rain on it. Very Nice work. Namyh |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Your picture is a scratch-and-sniff. It smells like rain. I love soft rain and hard rain. I am not fond of weepy rain. Love this, Ms K. Alison |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Michael, I'm so very glad I have a grandson that carries your name; so glad you know the cleansing... Karen...sometimes reposts are good things, yes? Ms E...I like your style. Thank you.... Ida, CA never had this kind of drought in my area because we were close to the ocean and the fogs' damp always kept the roses climbing...so I treasure when my roses here, in Kansas, get a drop of wet....thank you! Namyh, what a delightful name you have. Thank you so very much not for reading only this poem but for leaving responses on so many others. I treasure your eyes, and your thoughts. Thank you so very much! Ali my girl...thank you. It was a good photo, wasn't it? Never thought of it as a scratch-and-sniff but love the analogy of it! I akin weepy rain to crying women....and I've seen weepy rain far too much in the real to know exactly what you are referring to. Bless you, my dear friend. |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
It is a beautiful photo!  |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Sunshine...Very tender gentle write. Enjoyed, Rain is like a cleansing to me...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
This is a beauty. Rain as one should see it, and appreciate the wonders of it's importance and romance. Wonderful work Karilea but then we know that's what always comes from your pen. Gene Kelly's famous, "Singing In The Rain" came to my mind. Take care Eric |
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Prasad Nataraj Senior Member
since 2008-05-29
Posts 1149Bangalore,India |
fine writing, it hasn't rained much this year where i live. So i can appreciate your poem for more reasons.Delightful read. "The secret behind survival of mankind is kindness and love within our hearts" |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I grew up in a house with a tin roof... and even now, after learning fear of rain and the wind it runs with down here, can soothe myself by imagining the sounds of rain falling on that roof. *S* This is so lovely, Sunshine! |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Wonderful! And yes, yes to all... We received about 2 inches in the last 24 hours; it came in bands, almost like a tropical storm does... and lots of thunder-bumpers too!! Was awesome ... then read this. Awesome too! j. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Thank you, Paul. Yep, pretty much my writing is gentle...a baby's touch. Eric, you sense rain as I do...but I must disagree...not every work that's written is good...even I know that. And we can all be inspired by such greats as Gene!Prasad, you must bring your bride to the states some day, or even to Europe, and experience "rain". But better yet, to the states, where you can experience "thunder storms!" Thank you! Tin roofs are LOUD in the rain, Ruth. But when the gentle, the rain can lull one to sleep...a sound to be treasured...for sure. Thank you! James...we had that very same kind of band rain storm on Wednesday as well...I loved it! Thank you for sharing it with me. |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Sunshine, enjoy the rain! I see much more rain than the sunshine here, so there are weeks during the six months of winter that I crave blue sky, but I often take note of the silver spangles that form concentric ripples down the court where I live and rain keeps the grasses growing all year long in myriad shades of green. At times, a moment of sun will cast newborn lime into the blades. I watch the gold behind rainbows some afternoons when the light is right and golden shafts occasionally piercing the dark rain clouds over the ocean in early spring. Then the blue comes and the lakes are jeweled necklaces at the throat of the mountains and the wild rhododenron blush in heady pinks, sparkling still from the rain.... The Scotch broom captures gold in the hills and I feel the radiance of nature breathe life. Sometimes she smiles, sometimes she weeps, sometimes she blooms and sometimes, she sleeps. Sometimes, she throw tantrums, and I know how small I am, but she is always profound. So is your poem. Entirely eloquent and lovely.  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
KL...then you know rain at its very best...your only problem might ever come from too much shadow, but from what I've always seen, you ARE the rainbow after the rain! Thank you for sharing so much about your corner of the world! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
A pleasure to read...James |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Sunshine, It is a pleasure to read your poetry. Wishing you a good night.... ~Karen |
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luminosity Senior Member
since 2005-11-18
Posts 813 |
ah so beautifully put, out here in the desert...I love rain! hard, soft, long, short.....I love the rain, it has its own 'spirit' |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
~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.~ So......so beautifully penned thank you for sharing dear one  |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I must have missed this before...but Rainy Days and Mondays are always my favorite days and push my creative buttons. Sorry about the drought out west. We have been very lucky in the mideast, having a variety of weather to enjoy. M |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
"know that somewhere an angel is crying for joy as it welcomes home a soul. Then, you will know rain." I do know. Love this write!! JL  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. |
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