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A Story That Begins With Rain

Neil Frank captures the beauty of night-time rainfall in this short poem.

Under the bent-thumb streetlight,

umbrella domes burst forth, splashing

rich nightfall 

onto their neighbours.

Like clustered fungi, the growths    

navigate by feel into the warmth

of the hare’s mouth.

Image Credit: Jackson Palmer.

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