“The rain to the wind said,
You push and I'll pelt.'
They so smote the garden bed
That the flowers actually knelt,
And lay lodged--though not dead.
I know how the flowers felt.”
―
You push and I'll pelt.'
They so smote the garden bed
That the flowers actually knelt,
And lay lodged--though not dead.
I know how the flowers felt.”
―
“At night I dream that you and I are two plants
that grew together, roots entwined,
and that you know the earth and the rain like my mouth,
since we are made of earth and rain.”
― Regalo de un Poeta
that grew together, roots entwined,
and that you know the earth and the rain like my mouth,
since we are made of earth and rain.”
― Regalo de un Poeta
“Innocent droplets of rain
Make almost all events
Quite natural.
(from "A Rainy Day")”
― The Condemned Apple: Selected Poetry
Make almost all events
Quite natural.
(from "A Rainy Day")”
― The Condemned Apple: Selected Poetry
“Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.”
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“It was true that the city could still throw shadows filled with mystifying figures from its past, whose grip on the present could be felt on certain strange days, when the streets were dark with rain and harmful ideas.”
― Ten Second Staircase
― Ten Second Staircase
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