{"id":6463,"date":"2026-01-07T16:06:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afflatuscreations.com\/?p=6463"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:10:43","slug":"taking-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afflatuscreations.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/taking-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"TAKING THE RAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6463\" class=\"elementor elementor-6463\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a719701 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a719701\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-943617c\" data-id=\"943617c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-167d575 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"167d575\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em><u>TAKING THE RAIN<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>Dazzling in the dim rain\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>a pariah kite perched as usual\u00a0<\/p><p>on a tall telephone tower,\u00a0<\/p><p>hoists its grey wings like sails\u00a0<\/p><p>as if sailing in the wind\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>taking the rain,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>then arches its plumage as if\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0ready to lift\u2014taking the rain,\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>holding at bay the big surge to be air-borne,\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>taking the rain&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>then spreads the power wings full length\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>and off\u2014launched on a glad gliding path\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>through wind and the ministry of rain\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>across the misbegotten parched delinquent city<\/p><p>also taking the rain.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Subhransu Maitra)<\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:subhransumaitra@gmail.com\">subhransumaitra@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAKING THE RAIN Dazzling in the dim rain\u00a0\u00a0 a pariah kite perched as usual\u00a0 on a tall telephone tower,\u00a0 hoists its grey wings like sails\u00a0 as if sailing in the wind\u00a0\u00a0 taking the rain,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 then arches its plumage as if\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0ready to lift\u2014taking the rain,\u00a0\u00a0 holding at bay the big surge to be air-borne,\u00a0\u00a0 taking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poems"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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