Julie Whitby
Song of the Rain
Why do I love you,
there’s no knowing.
You keep your distance,
the rain falls slowly down.
How much do I love you?
There’s no untying
these knots too tight
for all save sighs.
You keep your distance,
the rain falls slowly, sweetly down.
Give me your hand.
I make this pledge
that while I love you
none other shall have me:
your hand that is both strong and tender.
I want you, I love you, whispers the rain
and is it the rain
undressing, caressing the town?
Its tenderness is laced with mine.
You keep your distance.
The rain falls slowly, truthfully down.
Julie Whitby’s new collection is Poems for Lovers, Agenda Editions. Widely published: T.L.S. Independent, Express, Ambit, Country Life, Poetry Review, etc. and in various anthologies, her first collection was The Violet Room (Acumen). Trained as an actress, she has worked in the theatre and on T.V.: recently she gave 3 broadcasts for the BBC in connection with Poems for Lovers.
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