Riding In The Rain Poem by Andrew W.K. Yip

Riding In The Rain

Riding in the Rain - a poem by Andrew W. K. Yip

Riding through the downpour, miles left to roam.
Are these tears or raindrops, blurring the way?
Puddles splash and spill on the dark asphalt home,
Moving slow and heavy through the dreary gray.

My thoughts and my heart are still bleeding,
For the bright hopes of yesterday.
To the dark skies I look, interceding,
As the pouring rain washes it all away.

Cold wind blows against the weeping willow,
And chills my bone to the core.
A restless night upon my pillow,
Dreaming of the one I adore.

The storm will pass, as all storms do,
And wash the sorrow from this heart of mine.
Though skies are grey and the world untrue,
Behind the clouds, the sun will shine.

Riding In The Rain
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Topic(s) of this poem: ride
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
The rain always brings drama to any place or situation. There is drama as rain is splashing and spilling at Merdeka Bridge, Singapore in 1956, in which year the Merdeka Bridge was opened. The photograph, also named Riding in the Rain, was taken by world famous photograph, Yip Cheong Fun. The poem is about the thoughts and tears of the rider in the rain on Merdeka Bridge as shown in the dramatic picture of the same name. The Photographer, Yip Cheong Fun, FRPS, EFIAP, was elected by the New York Photographic Society in 1980, as Outstanding Photographer of the Century, and was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 1984.
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