the second day of rain

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

light-fingered drums
on a tin roof
we have missed
this music

singing dust to earth
to an under bare feet
yielding
we can sink toes in

I did not dance
to bring this
but I will
dance inside it

while squash blossoms
sigh throats open
tasting water

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About Susan L Daniels

I am a firm believer that politics are personal, that faith is expressed through action, and that life is something that must be loved and lived authentically--or why bother with any of it?
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12 Responses to the second day of rain

  1. Daniel Pereyra's avatar dannypereyra says:
    July 20, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    “I did not dance / to bring this / but I will / dance inside it” Such a great line, like music.

  2. nelle's avatar nelle says:
    July 21, 2012 at 12:39 am

    So nice… so needed, still.

  3. Deborah Avila's avatar Deborah Avila says:
    July 21, 2012 at 4:25 am

    So lovely! You must have a lot of free time to write so much! BEAUTIFUL Susan! ~Deb

  4. Noel Ihebuzor's avatar Noel Ihebuzor says:
    July 21, 2012 at 4:18 pm

    The intense joy at the first rains – I recal how we used to dance, run and rump naked in the village in sheer joy at its libersating drops, its coolness and its liberating fragrance

  5. Rhonda's avatar Rhonda says:
    July 22, 2012 at 11:15 am

    our little secret, but someone did a rain dance!

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