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Light Rain

Something trickles over my brow. I look up to see clouds, lightly shaded in grey. My heart beats with a wild kind of hope… A family of drops follow; a blessing to the earth. I cup my hands, try to catch them. But they slip from my hold. Plonk. Plonk. Splash. The beat to which I dance.. Delighting in the watery chaos. The clean, clear smell of the air marks an end to my light shower. Drenched, I shiver in the breeze. Everything around me sparkles! My eyes flit from flowers, to grass blades, to the shiny, dark street. For just a few minutes I was a part of nature. Fun-filled moments in which it also seemed a part of me.

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Date: 3/12/2019 1:26:00 PM
Hello Marna -- thank you for your kind comments on my "Late Autumn" poem. I can sense the rain and "clean, clear smell" in your wonderful "Light Rain" poem. Please know that "I" am myself in my poem -- and that "someone" is a person I once loved who lived in a far-away town in Maine who I could never be with. So it is an "unrequited" poem of me seeing them by a window experiencing the same rain as I. Best regards!
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Marna Henrico
Date: 3/12/2019 3:17:00 PM
Thank you Gregory. And thank you so much for sharing.
Date: 4/27/2017 1:36:00 AM
I absolutely love rain. love it! I love the earthen smell that follows, the way everything shines.. and I am sad when it's gone. well wrote. 7 in my book.
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Date: 4/13/2017 3:23:00 AM
Very well described rain storm, Marna. Great detail. I hope we see more of your work. // Barry
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Date: 11/27/2016 1:47:00 PM
I was there in the rain as I read it. Beautiful imagery.
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Date: 11/24/2016 11:41:00 PM
I love the imagery of the rain in your poem, and the feelings if gives :)
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Marna Henrico
Date: 11/27/2016 1:17:00 PM
Thank you very much!
Date: 11/24/2016 2:00:00 PM
Thank you Janet. It's fascinating how ones brain can elaborate on an idea or word!
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Date: 11/24/2016 1:44:00 PM
I am a lover of nature all things therein. Your poem made me feel the rain on my face and hear its rhythm on the roof. ???
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