When Was The Last Time You Danced In The Rain?

(I'm going to the World Rainforest Music Festival in Sarawak for a few days.)

“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain”

- Author Unknown


When was the last time you danced in the rain?

- Ghostwise

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but now it is the rain Possesses us entirely, the twilight and the rain.

- Alun Lewis


There is something about rain, That arrest us entirely.

- Ghostwise

May You Always Have A Roof For The Rain.

(The night before, I caught two refugees hiding on my roof. They were not thieves. They did it for love.)

“May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you and all your heart might desire.”

- Irish Blessings


What more does one need?

- Ghostwise

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“Rain does not fall on one roof alone”

- Proverb


But sometimes we only hear the rain on our roof.

- Ghostwise

The Sound Of Basho.

(I was still troubled. So I sat quietly in the room and listened to silent sound of the haiku of Basho. It was a time for listening so no word was spoken.)

All along this road
not a single soul - only
autumn evening comes


Heard, not seen,
the camellia poured rainwater
when it leaned


This dark autumn
old age settles down on me
like heavy clouds or birds

- Basho (translated by Sam Hamill)

I Waited Too Long To Kiss Her In The Rain

(The rain continued today...)

April Rain Song
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.

- Langston Hughes


I love the rain most because it drowns my pain.
And when it can't, it hides it from prying eyes.

- Ghostwise

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I should have kissed her if the rain
Had lasted a minute more.

- Thomas Hardy


But the rain stopped and she
Was kissed by the sun instead.

- Ghostwise

Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

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


Even if it is a sad lullaby.

- Ghostwise

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“The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


The rain has to end sometime
So just let it rain when it is raining.

- Ghostwise