Our Nature

Run from the rain with me
not the kind that mists-
cooling kisses
or even reluctant drops
but the kind that slams and stings
awakening our bodies to wetness
seeking shelter in tangling limbs
under a mothering Mulberry tree.

 

 

About the Poet:
Belinda Subraman has been writing poetry since the 6th grade and publishing since college. She had a ten year run editing and publishing Gypsy Literary Magazine. Six of those ten years was from Germany where she was a Bohemian outcast among officer wives. She edited books by Vergin’ Press, among them: Henry Miller and My Big Sur Days by Judson Crews. While in Germany she also published Sanctuary Tape Series which was a mastered compilation of audio poetry and original music from around the world.

 

Photo by Giulia Marotta.

 

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