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. . . it's raining . . voices of the dead in my memory . . and it's raining . . of my ever misery of eerie silence and sadness in my life oh little drops and clouds drifting . . rain falling . . . a whole melancholy of dead memories sad . . listen if it rains . . your regret and your grief it weeps ancient music listen to the drips f a l l tortured feelings . . . . ___________________________ November 3, 2019 Poetry/Free Verse/Rain Copyright Protected, ID 19-1193-477-02 All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym. Written for FTI Blog Series 17 - Rain Brian Strand Podium Place 1 ____________________________________ Inspired by the poem, Ill Pleut, by Guillaume Appollinaire (his poem was written vertically on the page in French) I paraphrased some of his words but many are of my creation.

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Date: 11/4/2019 4:37:00 PM
Constance congratulations on your podium placement in Brian's blog series with your creative and emotionally penned poem!
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Constance La France
Date: 11/5/2019 11:28:00 AM
Tania thanks for the congratulations and for the compassion!
Date: 11/3/2019 1:42:00 PM
beautifully melancholic and I love the formatting with the rain drops Constance:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 11/3/2019 1:44:00 PM
Jan thank you for the compliment. I was not sure if the raindrops would work but I like the result!
Date: 11/3/2019 11:04:00 AM
You are so smart, but carry so much sadness in your heart where some wonderful writing dwells.
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Date: 11/3/2019 1:47:00 PM
Sun thanks for visiting and the compliment, you are right I do have a lot of sadness but it makes me the writer I am!
Date: 11/3/2019 10:48:00 AM
This is just superb..with all its feelings!
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Date: 11/3/2019 1:48:00 PM
Vijay thank you for your compassion!
Date: 11/3/2019 10:34:00 AM
Constance imagination equalled in this picture poem.Superb
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Constance La France
Date: 11/3/2019 10:41:00 AM
Brian, thank you so much for sparking my imagination today and the result is this visual poem. I wish we could write vertically on here, lol !
Date: 11/3/2019 9:59:00 AM
I like it. The words, the presentation, it draws in the reader.
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Date: 11/3/2019 10:11:00 AM
Casarah, thank you for the comment, I am pretty sure it reads better on a computer than a cell phone but have not tried it yet, this type of visual layout usually does not display well on a cell !

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