Rain People Poems

Today started out bright and shiny
Then suddenly turned cloudy and sad
Doesn't take much to turn it around
To change a good day to bad

Something that seems...

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I stand with a treasure map,
no X to mark the spot.
A scattering of clues,
roadmaps of endless dots.

Your name is on an envelope,
surely that’s proof enough?
But...

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Daylight breaks through the gate and a bright light shine intensely on my face from a distance. I wasn’t sure what was going on, but...

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Robert Burns knew schemes.
Like all of us,
His vanity
Lent him an illusion
Of control.
How did his wisdom come?
Did his head fall beneath the trap?
The cat is away,...

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  On sunny days folks squint and smile
    The world rejoices for a while 

  In come the clouds, out...

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Aged man walks on the busy street
Beyond his ability to cross
Cane in hand, old friends he needs to meet
Delayed by rain, worried about loss

Earlier, he...

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Boy, one thing I know fa sho, we can tell a lot in life.
I can tell you mad
I can tell that ain’t gon fit
I can...

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We tramp along the fire-trail to see a water view;
The sand is damp from morning rain, and imprints of our shoes
Are stamping in beside the...

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Rain
Clings to
The bushes
Like crystal drops
Shining without sun
As it can be
For people
Seeking
Light

Heidi Sands

12/30/23

(C)opyright

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rain
I am
feel my pain
I can heal you
I nourish all life
the clouds hold me closely
in them I gain my power
I hitch a ride with the strong...

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I’ve heard
there are those
who dance in the rain
with cherry lips 
and salsa hips

against
those who run
their mind upside down
dash for cover
with umbrella

Envoy
  may rain 
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A hurtful event occuring 
Covering all of the land.
Outside when I opened my eyes I saw nature crumbling 
Crumbling down as the sun sets.
The wind...

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You can always hear the jangling sound,
Of the organ grinder as he makes his way around.

He's out there in the rain or sun,
And everyone looks...

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parrying street space invaders
with restive vinegar smiles
their incessant bip bip bip
countering my spilling step

us, at opposite ends
past coffee shops
past drug stores, calling
to each other in...

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If I close my eyes I can see them quite plain,
those stick people dancing in the rain..
They twirl and they lift with movements so stiff,
never...

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