Rain List Poem

Rain List Poem

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rain

rainbow

rainbow cactus

rainbow trout

rain check

raincoat

raindrop

rainfall

rain gauge

Rainier III

Rainier, Mount

rainmaker

rainmaking

rainspout

rainsquall

rainstorm

rain-wash

rainwater

rainwear

rainy

rainy day

Rainy Lake, Ont.

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—The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (1970 edition)

3 Responses to Rain List Poem

  1. Steve says:

    Somewhere in Maggie Cassidy, Kerouac mentions “the men in their tragic raincoats.”
    Semi-related thought:

    When the rain comes you run and hide your head
    You might as well be dead.

    Rhyme has forced even the great lyricists into some mystifying lines.