Rain Down

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Rain Down

Raindrops danced on a quiet breeze,
capturing glimpses of the moonlight; they soared
down, down, down– streaks across the sky.
Each exploded on the dirt, scattering
the silvery moon-shards.

We laid upon the hill that night,
our bodies stretched across the earth,
and we closed our tear-lined eyes,
as the raindrops fell upon our faces.
Though no words needed be said,
inside we were crying, “Rain down,
Rain down on me, sky."




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the silvery moon-shards.


Nix "the"


We laid upon the hill that night,
...
as the raindrops fell upon our faces.


I've always had a bit of a personal beef with the word "upon"--it's always seemed so clunky. Perhaps try to find something a bit more graceful?


Though no words needed be said,


Nix "Though"


Overall

You've got a really lovely poem here darling--I am most impressed with your word choice. The rhythm is fine, though is isn't really a cadence kind of poem and that's okay (by cadence, I guess I mean...a poem that's 'about' the rhythm. Yours is more 'about' the words). Keep writing!
"In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function...We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful." ~C.S. Lewis




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I was interested in the poem because of the title, and I found the entire poem to be beautiful. I adored your word choice and subtle imagery. The poem flowed along nicely. Keep writing.
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Raindrops danced on a quiet breeze...


Shouldn't it be "rain drops"? Not "raindrops"? Or you could even hyphenate it.

Raindrops danced on a quiet breeze,
capturing glimpses of the moonlight; they soared
down, down, down– streaks across the sky.


I think you should rework this...

Raindrops danced on a quiet breeze,
capturing glimpses of the moonlight.
They soared down, down, down-streaks
across the sky.


We laid upon the hill that night,
our bodies stretched across the earth,
and we closed our tear-lined eyes,
as the raindrops fell upon our faces.


This should be reworked, as well...

We laid upon the hill that night,
our bodies stretched across the earth.
We closed our tear-lined eyes as
rain drops fell upon our faces.


Though no words needed be said,
inside we were crying, “Rain down,
Rain down on me, sky."


Reworked, as well...

No words needed to be said--inside
we were crying,
Rain down--rain down
on me, sky.

See how that last part that you had in quotations marks is now in italics? Er, well, it would be if my text wasn't in italics--but you get it, right? I think that looks better, personally, since there's no other dialogue in the poem.

Keep writing! I liked this poem, but it was a little difficult to get a flow--that's what I mean by reworking them!




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I saw the title and it was very catching-good start :P

the poem was really good and really effective. i really enjoyed it and for some reason i liked the fact that you used rain drops haha.

Really Great Job!!
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