Rain on London concrete
Wet dust in the air
Wet, damp, stifling
there is nothing to compare
Looking through the window
watching raindrops fall
dark patterns written on a surface
of a wet and soaked wall
I take a train to somewhere
the windows beading drops
the journey continues heedless
rain is no reason for stops
Wear a headscarf and a raincoat
were the orders I receive
I hated rainy days
raindrops collecting in my sleeve
Rain on London concrete
Wet dust in the air
Wet, damp, stifling
there is nothing to compare
Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss 
Wow. This is so nice! 🙂
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There is a smell about London when it rains. Growing up in the concrete jungle, brick dust mixed with rain was a special smell.
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I imagine. Here it’s rain on dusty asphalt and country roads. 🙂
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I bet it’s just like New York in the rain. Urine, asphalt, and a hint of dead rat.
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London and the UK always had much more burning coal smell to me–
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It used to, but that was more than 50 years ago. When I left England burning coal was already forbidden under the clean air Act.
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Huh, we had plenty of it up in Geordieland at the beginning of the 90s–
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I thought Maggie Thatcher made efforts to close the mines. Although what we called “up North” was always a center for coal. I lost touch a little after leaving England in 1966
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Love it! Memories of home!
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I think it is the wet brick dust smell that reminds me of London most of all, and the ozone smell in the London underground.
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They say that sense of smell is a strong trigger of memory/ nostalgia.
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Thank you. I enjoyed this so much. I had a musical reaction to your poem – Rainy Night in Georgia (Randy Crawford version).
I shake the rain from my sweater
Take out your letters to pass some time
…
I feel it is raining all over the world.
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Thanks. The rainy days in London bring back good memories for me, a little nostalgic
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