Nirvana indeed. Lost in the beauty of your happy place. Where the rain not only magnified the beauty, but washes away the stress of the day. So, you can become one with the beauty and peace found in your little bit of heaven. Everyone needs such a place.

PS

After the rain certainly is nirvana and to me during the rain is nirvana also I love nature and weather great poem, enjoyed it Pierre

I can imagine how beautiful that was after being cooped up indoors with the rain. Sounds like a lovely garden. Corrine

Your beautiful words flow smoothly within your writing. I really need to read more of it.

Connie

Nice to indulge all of those wonderful flowers, for one; second, to take all those aspects in and turn them into such a nice poem is ever more enjoyment. Like a snapshot of a passing moment for your future revisits and for others to enjoy.

Your words and picture go together really well. The whole thing is very Zen and reminds me of Eastern Philosophy.Suzy

I thank you for commenting on my poem about junk mail, because it made your writing known to me. This one is the kind of simple, beautiful poetry that I love. Nature always wins the beauty contests!

Nature is just so stunning. Am right there with you as I read this wonderful poem.
Mary

Beautiful! I feel like I'm right there with you, Diana! Shall we splash in the puddles while we're there? :-) ~ Dawn

Looking down at the list of reviews of your poem, After The Rain, Diana, it seems that it is very popular and well loved by many people, and I can understand why. I particularly like your line about the "rain flattened Tulips".

Oh so very beautiful, the words and the picture! Well done, Diana!

So feelingly written. So genuine. A gem of a poem

Ah this makes me long for spring, right here in the middle of winter in Ohio where we climb to reach a frigid 5 degrees. A beautiful write.

What a blessing to have our senses in order enjoy all that you have described to us within this piece. Ah, the lilacs. Nothing can surpass their fragrance for me. As a child, I would voluntarily go out and pick lilacs off the bush in our yard for my mother. She, in turn, would put them in a vase, replenish their broken spirit with cold water, and the fragrance of lilacs would eminate throughout our small home for several days. Such sweet memories. Thank you, Diana. I can't believe it has taken me almost an entire year to respond to this lovely piece. Forgive me.

Hugs,

David

a beautiful Write thanks for sharing
Love & Peace be with you
Happy New Year

William

Very vivid and colorful.
It's been cold and icy with lots of snow here where I'm at,
So this was refreshingly warm poetry to read.

db

I love how you captured the new moment Diana.
It is one thing to express ourselves when we feel
pain from life's unfortunate experiances, and just as importantly,
as you have done so masterfully, and captured the precious beauty
offered to the dawn and your eyes, on the aftermath the rain.
Sweet, sweet, sweet!

Love and peace forever
dan

Sometimes nature is all we need. Total happiness, the moment caught.

Axilea

Nirvana, indeed. I loveed the rich imagery of your words. Wonderful feelings abound on every line.

So very refreshing to read. Valerie

Rain cleans and refreshes everything in our world and allows us a new appreciation of all things in our life, especially flowerful gardens.

And it also provides a platform of experience so that if we suffer and endure a deluge of rain in our social and emotional life, we are able to hang onto the hope of a better and more fulfilling life, our spirit refreshed with the knowledge that our life once again will know "fulsome beauty, bounty and eternal energy."

Isn't rain one of God's most magnificent gifts?

My dearest Diana, I know well that you have known times of rain in your life; and so it is a blessing from God to know that you also can see what is possible, "After The Rain."

With a loving heart,
Richard

You have a mass of colour in the flowers in your garden, Diana. Flowers always give a lift to how one feels. Rain flattened tulips - poor tulips though a good description. Rainbows

There is nothing more refreshing than the lovely description of nature at its best. Beautifully pictured with every line....

Absolutely breathtaking! As an urban sistah I've never gardened, however, I love the beauty of the flowers & the tranquility they evoke in my soul.

Such gorgeous descriptives in your lovely nature poem Diana.

Nothing else like rain wetted grass on the soles of the tootsies in concert with pretty posies. I wrote a poem by this title in 2009. It's about a summer rain. Patrick

such wonderment when the rain ends, just beautiful poetry

I love this!!!
You convey how to grasp the moment because ...it all goes by too fast.
Blessings,
Christine

ahhh, nirvana's many manifestations...

AHHH...! THANK GOD FOR OUR MAGNIFICENT CREATOR...HE KNOWS 'EXACTLY' WHAT WE NEED TO PERSEVERE. HE HAS, IN MANY WAY BUT ESPECIALLY THROUGH NATURE, PROVIDED BOUNTIFULLY FOR US. WONDERFUL WORK! THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

wonderful poetry ... a real treat ...

You have shared the wonderful moments and the whole of the experience very effectively via your verses, Diana. Thank you. Love and best wishes,

Regis

It's pleting here, yet still have a drought order.

Indeed, there is beauty without rain. It is Bluebell time, fields upon fields of a blue hue.

Wonderful painting here.

Nature scrubs clean the phosphorescent glow of its bounty as a rainbow of flowers and green greet the Springs' arrival...these too are suited to chase away the blues
Amor

Rain does refresh our garden of greenest delights. As your words richly illustrate.

Lovely and refreshing the walk in the garden after a spring rain.
Opening the scenses with awe! Flowers and blossoms dance in a
gentle breeze. Bare foot ! Ohh, Myy! a must !

Beauty in softly ringing tones of blue bells
Lady Mary Ann

Such a treat! We are renewed through nature's offerings!

Playful beauty after the rain, I breathed in your intoxicating poem...yummy and colorful!
Hugs,
Christine

Diana,
AHHHH, the lilacs, tulips and bluebells..rained here saturday but sunday slthough cool was great..you gotta love nature..your lines were phantastic
budd

Diana,
The vivid descriptions of your garden send chills up my arms...I can smell the freshness and the fragrance of the grass and flowers..This poem is a feast for the senses! Thank you for sharing such an uplifting moment with you.

Peace, love and light,
Amber

The world seems reborn after the rain... I especially love the smells after the rain. (except when I lived in Missouri and the world smelled like mucky river bottom stench after the rain... that I could do without!) :)

Cryssa

Spring! There's nothing like spring after a long, seemingly never ending winter. Your words bring about the lush beauty that I can actually sense upon my unclad feet.
Mark

It is a rainy day here in Ohio as this delightful write sure took the gloomy away wonderfully written poetry indeed Laura

You join us amidst sweet perfumes & floral bouquets
Lovely Verse Offering Diana

Foxgloves & Clematis Vines
Victoria

Hooray for the rain, but darn glad it decided to stop for awhile, huh, Diana? We could sure use a bit of that moisture here in sun-baked south Louisiana.

By your vivid description of your garden you have a plethora of beautiful to the eye and sensuous to the nose flowers.