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chaelosm voice 
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(7/13/03 10:01 pm)
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Love in the Rain by Philip Appleman
I've said this a lot before; probably will say it many more times again: I adore Philip Appleman's poetry. His writings are so varied -- some deal directly with the negative effects of fundamentalist religious thinking on society, some focus on the human condition from a humanist/secular perspective, and most celebrate the beauty of life. Usually when I share his poetry, it's the more blatantly secular and humanistic ones I share, as they are the ones that often speak to me the most. This time I'd like to share one just because it's fascinating, beautiful, and very sensual. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.


Love in the Rain
by Philip Appleman

In the primitive green of midnight
it is weather for ducks: mallards
are swimming through clover, teals
wading in crabgrass;

our thighs are as slippery as grass,
dandelions tickle our rubbery
backs as we roll, summer
stalks through the rain in our fingers;

herons stalk the deep grass
stabbing for minnows, swans
are cruising the garden, sandpipers
sway through sand;

the sky sways with the rain,
wavering shapes of trees
show us the wind: in the drizzle
our skin is a jungle fever;

it's a jungle out here, frogs
one jump ahead of the cranes,
worms waiting for cranes
in the hungry earth;

our bodies are stalking the earth
as we sway through a jungle of grass,
feeling inside us the rain
as it comes and it comes and it comes.

dali storm
like antennas to heaven
(7/15/03 10:06 pm)
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Re: Love in the Rain by Philip Appleman
Ooo, I liked that alot alot. I can see why you wanted to post it. I'll have to look around for more poetry by him. I love the nature imagery, I'm a nature fanatic.

chaelosm voice 
...learning, and living.
(7/15/03 11:37 pm)
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Re: Love in the Rain by Philip Appleman
He uses that type of imagery frequently and very well.

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