THE BEAUTY OF SHOWERS NOW: IDEAS & IMAGES

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

-- Langston Hughes

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.

 

-- Pablo Neruda, Regalo de un Poeta

...I don't just wish you rain, Beloved - I wish you the beauty of storms…

-- John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans.

--  Sherwood Smith

I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops.

-- Nikki Giovanni

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.

-- Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Valentine Weather

Kiss me with rain on your eyelashes,

come on, let us sway together,

under the trees, and to hell with thunder.

 

-- Edwin Morgan, A Book of Lives

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.

-- Roger Miller

Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy.

-- Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

If I were rain,

That joins sky and earth that otherwise never touch,

Could I join two hearts as well?

 

-- Tite Kubo, Bleach, Vol. 1: Strawberry and the Soul Reapers

Read more about Beautiful Showers, as it relates to Arts/Design, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact. 

IMAGE CREDITS:

1. Image: by Tom Waterhouse. Compare And Contrast.
2. Image: by Giovani Racca. Cryin'.
3. Image: by Rob Barber. Lilium after Rain.
4. Image: by Kris Krüg. 私の甘い愛.
5. Image: by CRASH:candy. In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
6. Image: by Viewminder. Venice in a Puddle.
7. Image: by Peter Gibson. Faked Rain.
8. Image: by Amandine FRANCOIS-ROUSSEAUX. Blue Sky After the Rain.
9. Image: by Stuart Williams. Today, it Rains.
10. Image: by Kelly DeLay. Hico Panoramic Supercell.
11. Image: by Michael B. Rain Drop.
12. Image: by CWMc. Downpour.
13. Image: by BN App - Download now!
14. Image: by Viewminder. In The Rain.