Wishing for Rain

Free Verse Poem by Jackie Chou

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I wish to hear
the blue jazz of rain
watch its droplets
form little circles
on the wet sidewalk
while you divert
your watchful eyes
Their music
drowns out your voice
motherly figure
Your wrath
then loses its power
over me

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Jackie Chou is a poet of Japanese short-form poetry and free verses from Southern California. Her two collections of poems, Finding My Heart in Love and Loss and The Sorceress, can be purchased on Amazon. Besides writing, she loves to watch Jeopardy and talent competitions on TV.

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