One day when a child
tried to show me rain
falling from the sky
became confused
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A poem of believing in child like innocence which is all to soon forgotten when we get older but not wiser? .........well written Pranab
Yes, Pranab, we can learn many things from the children. So often, they are perceptive in ways that we are not. Oh the faith of a child. PS: In reference to my poem ‘A Sad Comedian, ’ thanks for your kind comments. I’ve just learned that it was recently featured as Poem of the Day.
rain began slowly to get me wet a sense of expansion a broader feelings of friendship with nature. amazing imagination from the child to you experiential self ...wet wet wet everywhere. rain rain rain everywhere. loved your poem. thank you
A nice piece of work. Thanks for sharing this poem with us. E.K.L.
A nice poem with layers of feeling, and its circling return to the beginning of childhood.
believe I learned from the child... nice finishing.
often children have the most intuitive raw and bright force of intelligence