Rain Woman Poems

The Garden Womb

She is not virginal
Not unused
Not pure
Being ancient 
and of old,
Inevitably,
Been touched before. 

Many years 
a widow,
She is a lonesome, 
barren land.
So many 
passing...

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I once met a girl whose name was Heather,
whatever she wore ‘twas always leather.
It rained, it poured, we got all wet,
She said, “this leather smells...

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I wait—

here I wait
for white magic reverie
to embrace me   free me

here I wait—
an hourglass full
of leopard-print thoughts 
sugar-granular-musings spill
the beginning to the end...

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I come to you with the sunset,
Love becomes in me a priestly service.
Teach me how to keep silence as a compass,
How to dance on the...

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She is like the Dandelion
Tenacious and Bright 
Growing with Curiosity 
Inquisitively Seeking
As She Peers up at the World
Yearning to know all
Delicate yet Tough
Bruises come so...

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Red Oak menstruates in the heat of summer
Beech and maples stand back from her labor
Moonlight lifts her skirt
Wind drifts through her leaves

She stomps in circles...

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She is as pure as Heaven and as cruel as Hell,
She is an angelic devil and always ready to cast a spell.
She's a Thunder yet...

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Ono no Komachi Translations

These are my modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems of Ono no Komachi…

"It's over!"
Your words drizzle like dismal rains,
bringing tears,
as...

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Crescent moon,
Deep sweet rain,
Glistening seashells,
Upon the shore,

Its lovely,
Youre in love with me,
And Im in love with you,
In the sweet moonlight,
In the sweet moonlight,

You embrace me,
From...

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Your beauty flows,
With your hair,
Like the waves,

Candlelit pleasure,
Violins of the moonlight,
Jazz in november,
The irises a lovely sight,

Ive never swayed in the vineyard,
Until with the moon,
Your...

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Lovely lady,
I'll sway around,
In stillness,
I'll sway around,
With you,

Red roses, orange sunflowers,
Purple, lavendar irises,

I'll sway around,
Sway around,
With you,

Lovely lady,
Sway around,
Like fine wine,
With your love all around,
Lay...

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Her Beauty,
Is the fine wine,
Of the rain
Reynaldo Casison...

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You let me open up; about some things I felt were so damn hard
Oh, that day it was cold; each and every rain drop felt...

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Decorative flowers,
Sensual as rain,
In Midnights,
Warm blossoms,
And hymns,

Stars mingle,
In the candles warm,
Dress,

Kisses,
with their quiet tears,
Find solace,
And sanctuary,
inward caresses,
Sublime brows,
Rugged elegance of leaves,
Within,
Tender embrace,
Of lovely boughs,
Stillness of...

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Swaying, caressing sihouettes,
In the rose evenings,

Meditating, lighting candles,
As you sweetly gaze,

Swaying, liberating hems,
Like salsa dreams,

Your essence is exotic, stunning as rain,
Upon a flowers dazed petals,

Honey...

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