Thursday, May 26, 2011

HONE TUWHARE'S: RAIN

Rain

I can hear you
making small holes
in the silence
rain

If I were deaf
the pores of my skin
would open to you
and shut

And I
should know you
by the lick of you
if I were blind

the something
special smell of you
when the sun cakes
the ground

the steady
drum-roll sound
you make
when the wind drops

But if I
should not hear
smell 

 feel 
or see you

you would still
define me
disperse me
wash over me
rain

Hone Tuwhare 1922-2008

1 comment:

  1. What a gorgeous poem that was, Joan. Rain has never sounded so beautiful. Thank you for introducing me to someone I've never read before.

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