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The Rain MAG

October 19, 2009
By Emma SILVER, Speedway, Indiana
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Emma SILVER, Speedway, Indiana
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:rolleyes: raconteur

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The rain fell
from the smoky
clouds and pattered
on the roof of our
heads like bird seed

thrown at a wedding

It pooled and
flooded down
the gutters of
hair flowing
in rushing queues

down our foreheads

droplet

by

droplet

Sauntering along
dark eyebrows
and clinging
for dear life
to the branches

of eyelashes

Kissing sweetly our
sunburned cheeks
rolling mechanically
like freshly oiled
cogs off the

cliff of our noses

droplet

by

droplet

It seeped into the
crags of lobster
red lips resting
before their swift
suicidal drop on

our spongy chins

Falling in an
acrobatic grace
landing in a final
theatrical plop
liquid hula hoop

rings growing

droplet

by

droplet

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IrresistableMe said...
on Mar. 20 2014 at 4:59 am
So Do I.....  ;)
Hntrgrl15 SILVER said...
on May. 31 2010 at 12:06 pm
Hntrgrl15 SILVER, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
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wow this has such amazing imagery. you can truly imagine everything
Beautiful_Roses SILVER said...
on May. 31 2010 at 7:37 am
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i completly agree. you just see it slowly falling. this piece is amazing.
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on May. 30 2010 at 4:07 pm
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That was wonderful. The picture in my mind was in slow motion.
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- this felt like it was actually happening
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This is a beautiful poem. I love the rain :)
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I love the part with the dark eyelashes... I thought it felt so impowering and so strong.

Very well written :)

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Beautiful. Very creative. I love rain! :)

Check out some of my work if you can.