Hone Tuwhare was a Maori poet from New Zealand whose poetry frequently included nature imagery, specifically centered around rain and the ocean.
His poem "Rain" is an ode to the title's subject, describing the author's deep affinity for and love of rain. The first verse describes the sound of rain:
I can hear you
making small holes
in the silence...
The poet then says that even if he were deaf and could not hear the rain, he would still be able to feel it in "the pores of [his] skin." Tuwhare repeats this pattern, saying that if he were blind he would know rain by its taste and smell and sound:
the something
special smell of you
when the sun cakes
the ground
the steady
drum-roll sound
you make...
He concludes the poem by saying that even if he could not hear, smell, see, or feel the rain, it would still be a part of him:
you would still
define me
disperse me
wash over me...
The poem itself can be taken at face value - an ode to a subject that was very centric to the author's life and held great meaning for him - or can be interpreted on a deeper level if you feel there's a different intention.
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