There are areas far out at sea where
it rains a great deal. Camus said
it rained so hard even the sea was wet.

—Jim Harrison, from “The Times Atlas” in “The Theory and Practice of Rivers”

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Most of us cannot see
far enough out to sea
where Rain adds to
Ocean,

which is Rain’s job,
after all, to replenish
Earth, along with Sun,
which prods

all things growing.
We look up on this
misty morning to
realize that

bare tree sentinels
watching over us
all winter seem to be
tentatively

greening with lacy
embellishments.
Dainty leaves
emerge

like us, blinking,
as Sun plays hide
and seek with
Clouds,

as once again,
Rain nudges us
wet upon wet,
into spring.