Of our former life, proof that weвЂ™d at lastДЇound each otherвЂ¦вЂќ (Agha Shahid Ali, вЂBeyond the Ash RainsвЂ™) To walk between the rain drops to keep dry. вЂњI had still not learned the style of nomads: You happen to me all over again.вЂќ (Aleda Shirley, вЂA Dwelling in the Evening AirвЂ™)

In the dusk I understand the desire of the rain. Lost for a while in the home of the rain.вЂќ (Billy Collins, вЂWater TableвЂ™) I swim back and forth in the echoing blackness.

I go down there after everyone has fallen asleep. cummings,В вЂsomewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyondвЂ™) The scent of my overcast countryвЂ¦вЂќ (Saadi Youssef, вЂThe Other PersonвЂ™) вЂњdamp small of her back / rope of hair dripping / rain that tastes of an answerвЂќ (Anne Michaels,В вЂSea of LanternsвЂ™)ДЇrom the sea.вЂќ ( Anne Michaels, вЂInto ArrivalвЂ™)Д¬oming from the ends of the earth to bring me вЂњHave you heard the rain? It is cold tonight and IвЂ™m too restless for rain-only for the touch of you-will I ever not want that.вЂњ (В Elaine Ralli, letter toВ Edna St. Listen to me as one listens to the rain.вЂќВ (Octavio Paz,В вЂAs one listen to the rain) You cross the street and enter my forehead, вЂњListen to me as one listens to the rain, YouвЂ™re the fineness, childhood, lifeвЂ“my loveвЂ¦blue tendernessвЂ“вЂќ (Frida Kahlo to Diego Rivera)ДЄnd all I wrote is forgotten.вЂќ (Nizar Qabbani, вЂBetween UsвЂ™) вЂњLove is like an aroma, like a current, like rain you rain on me and I, like the earth, receive you.вЂќ (Frida Kahlo, letter to Jose Bartoli)

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