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Rain 2
Thomas Merton speaks poeticallyof the "voice" of the rain:"…all that speech pouring down,selling nothing,judging nobody,drenching…" I delight in rain's intentional purposelessness. "I am here for my own sake,"says the rain."I am eternal.I am life. "Close your eyes and listen:hiss, plash,… Continue reading
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Rainy Days in Denver
In Denvera rainy day is a rare gift. For those of you from drizzly climesit may seem annoying and dreary,but for us,it's our world renewed and cleansed,and we know the next few dayswill yield brighter green lawns.freshened airand a sense… Continue reading
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Rain
I will sleep well tonight,with the rush of rain around me,with the woosh of water as cars pass in the street,the drum of drops from the roof to the porch,the hiss of mist whispering through blades of grass,earth greening herself… Continue reading
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Riding Home
I am a child.I am in the backseat of my parent's pale-blue Plymouth.I am rocked asleep with the drum of rain on the roof, with the rythmic slap of the wipers, with the certainty that fills warm spaces as they hurtle along night's wet highways.… Continue reading
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Sunshine and Rain
bright, clear days call me outward to run to relate to create cold, rainy days call me inward to stillness to awareness to accountability I am given sunny, celebratory daysand I am given gray, growing days I need both Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading