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\n

Ayana Tapper<\/em><\/h4>\n

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I wish these tears fell like summer rain
\nThat calmed heat waves
\nWatering down yellow chalk meant for hopscotch<\/p>\n

Clogged storm drain ripples
\nRunning through halted streets
\nIndiscernible waves of thunder
\nLighting parting the sea of clouds<\/p>\n

Water taxis islanding worms
\nThe thick scent of new Earth
\nThe healing summer rain<\/p>\n

But this grief yields no cleansing
\nRed sea parted by bottom lids
\nJehovah never flooded this Earth<\/p>\n

Without summer rain
\nThere are no rainbows here
\nOnly dried darkness and fears
\nMy endless summer without rain<\/p>\n

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\n

Ayana Tapper<\/strong> is a senior in the School of Arts and Sciences. A resident of West Orange, NJ, her majors are in political science and history, but her love for poetry led her to minor in creative writing. She has always found solace in writing as it is the one comfort that she returns to continuously. After a semester of Advanced Poetry with Professor Susan Miller, she watched her writing mature to a place that she had thought was years away.<\/p>\n

Professor Miller selected this poem for inclusion in WHR.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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