Spring Rain By Sara Teasdale / Experiment09 - Scan with waterdrops

 I think most of the poems about spring rain carry warm and mild feelings, but the poems depict strong and rough spring storms. I guess the spring rain that she faced just as spring began was so intense that she wrote this poem.

Storms and lightning spring rains are a frequent occurrence in reality. First, let's look at the full text of poetry.


Spring Rain  /   Sara Teasdale


I thought I had forgotten,
But it all came back again
To-night with the first spring thunder
In a rush of rain.

I remembered a darkened doorway
Where we stood while the storm swept by,
Thunder gripping the earth
And lightning scrawled on the sky.

The passing motor busses swayed,
For the street was a river of rain,
Lashed into little golden waves
In the lamp light's stain.

With the wild spring rain and thunder
My heart was wild and gay;
Your eyes said more to me that night
Than your lips would ever say. . . .

I thought I had forgotten,
But it all came back again
To-night with the first spring thunder
In a rush of rain.


Sara Teasdale is an American lyric poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for her poetical work called Love Songs in 1918. Born in 1884, she survived until 1933, and published several poetry collections and many expressed nature, love, and death in lyrical languages.

I chose a picture of myself that would go well with this poem.

b&w scan

Color scan

I wanted to capture a stormy image in a photo. I usually edit the photo first, then when I find a poem I like, I transcribe it and choose the one that matches it. I feel great when the picture and the feeling of the poem match very accurately. 🧐

This time, I transcribed this poem with a Waterman fountain pen.




Since the poem was a little long, I couldn't use it all in one sheet, so I divided it into two and transcribed it.

I worked on this photo in the editing method of Experiment 09. You can find out what process it goes through by going into my blog post.

https://idea0404.blogspot.com/2024/02/experiment09-scan-with-waterdrops.html


This photo was taken on March 23, 2024, on a warm spring day. 

Fujifilm   X-T4   F9   1/4000s   ISO1250   Spot  406mm

XF 150-600mm 


Now, I'll show you the original picture. If you look at the original picture, you may feel a little bland. 😥




Next time, I will post with more different posts and pictures. Then I hope you have a good day. 🙏

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