I called the rain with all my heart, wanting to feel its clean water on my face washing away the heat and sweat that the weightiness of the afternoon insisted on leaving. I begged it to wrop me in...

I sat and listened.
...........
He walked up to me and sat down, my friend.
"You know, I am here?" He asked,
"Weren't you always?".
I looked away, he replied,
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Stripped is a performance art show by Janet Kuypers live in Chicago. This 06/07/05 show contained a series of her poems (all political in nature) with artwork displayed to coincide with her...

A comparison of two poems from different poets, periods, and backgrounds, but, with a similar idea. "Rarely, rarely, comest thou, Spirit of Delight!" by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) ...