Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
~Langston Hughes
Umbrellas in the Rain
by Maurice Prendergast, 1899
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Marburg an der Lahn
by Louis Kolitz (1845–1914)
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Women 13
by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Summer Rain
by Tobi
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Sculpture of Albert Einstein in Juming Museum, Taiwan
photo by Bernard Gagnon
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Heavy Rain
by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Walk in the Rain
Woodcut from Otto Leonhard Heubner's Picture Book for Young Children
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Carriage Ride in the Rain
by Heinrich Gottfried Wilda (1862-1922)
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Príncipe Obá
by Belmiro de Almeida
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Just Smile
by Stefano Corso
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One more quote:
Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
~Mae West
3 comments:
Excellent variations on the theme. Some are unhappy being in the rain, some are happy.
And I love the Mae West quotation. (But then, I love *most* of Mae's quotations!)
Mae West...bless her! I love all of these, Tabatha....but that's probably because I love the rain.
This is a delightful post, Tabatha!
I love that umbrella picture by Maurice Prendergast. I recently came across Prendergast, and I have an upcoming ekphrastic poem using one of his works!
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