rainstorm in volcano:
eight poems for rain
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(i)
rain is a woman laughing
with her sisters
spreading her smile wide
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and rain is a woman's fingers
moving down
down
the expectant skin
of her lover
the moon
an eye
half-closed
in ecstasy
(ii)
rain drips on the fronds
and they uncurl
reaching outwards and upwards
to her
the root of her power
evident
in their unfurling desire
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(iii)
rain comes
pours down
a shaft of fading light
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rain comes
like a woman
laughing with her lover |
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(iv)
rain is my lover
spilling across my belly
and we smile
fall into each other's arms
and sleep
(v)
rain on the roof
pouring harder and harder
until we hear nothing
but rain
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(vi)
rain breathes
touching herself
dreaming of her lovers
as her longing rumbles
across the earth and sky
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(vii)
rain breathes
soft and steady
touches the face of the sea
and the surface shivers
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(viii)
rain is coming
into the womb of earth
and life is sustained
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Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm © 1997
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