For Those Who Wrote The Poetry Of Rain Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

for those who wrote the poetry of rain

as if they mingled with it I write

each small refrain for those

who spoke in the language of clouds

I whisper this aloud

and with the wind to them I send

each line's regal end

that is no ending.

for those who lived

the fragrance of the rose

the root the stem

the metamorphosis and then who

could who did dispose

with one phrase a world of woe

I dedicate my life as Rilke said

far beyond strife to live and

to go on knowing.

words, as the vessels of the Lord

contain all Beauty.

and enduring love.

mary angela douglas 8 february 2020