The Rain - A poem by Robert Creeley

Robert Creeley - The Rain

All night the sound had
come back again,
and again falls
this quite, persistent rain.

What am I to myself
that must be remembered,
insisted upon
so often? Is it

that never the ease,
even the hardness,
of rain falling
will have for me

something other than this,
something not so insistent--
am I to be locked in this
final uneasiness.

Love, if you love me,
lie next to me.
Be for me, like rain,
the getting out

of the tiredness, the fatuousness, the semi-
lust of intentional indifference.
Be wet
with a decent happiness.

Added: on October 20th, 2008 at 5:33 PM | Viewed: 7648 times | Comments and analysis of The Rain by Robert Creeley Comments (4)

The Rain - Comments and Information
Poet: Robert Creeley (Robert Creeley Art) Poem: The Rain Comment 4 of 4, added on October 11th, 2009 at 4:49 PM. i think this poem is speaking of how the narrator doesn't feel anything anymore. what i mean is that maybe life just keeps changing and nothing is constant and they just want something to be consistant in his life much like the rain. all the narrator wants is a commitment as the rain commits to making our skin wet. scott from United States Comment 3 of 4, added on December 31st, 2008 at 11:46 AM. I agree that Robert Creeley's poems are challenge to understand. I read him like how i listen to impressionist music, i don't try to understand it functionally but just enjoy the atmosphere, the feeling, the impression it gives me. For me when I think of the rain, it can remind me of lonliness, and the incessant noise it makes can become a constant reminder of that. I also notice an underlying desire for impersonal sexual desire.. something to destract him from his uneasiness. It's a great poem, i wish i can understand it better. Jason Comment 2 of 4, added on October 20th, 2008 at 5:33 PM. I like the way the poem is set up but it's hard to understand what the poet Robert Creeley is trying to say. I must admit that he is a wonderful poet edward from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The Rain, has received 4 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Robert Creeley with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Robert Creeley Poem: The Rain Last read: Nov 26 2009, 8:03AM Viewed 7648 times. Added on October 20th, 2008 at 5:33 PM.

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