I Prayed for Rain

I Prayed for Rain showcases the impressive range of poet Melanie Cornejo's talent. From the first piece to the last, it's easy to be swept away by the beautiful pictures she paints and follow wherever she chooses to take you. This work bravely explores the ups and downs of a relationship, the struggle to face the changes that life sometimes thrusts upon you, and the ultimate journey to finding peace. Cornejo puts into words what most of us can only feel. Poignant and spellbinding, I...
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I Prayed for Rain showcases the impressive range of poet Melanie Cornejo's talent. From the first piece to the last, it's easy to be swept away by the beautiful pictures she paints and follow wherever she chooses to take you. This work bravely explores the ups and downs of a relationship, the struggle to face the changes that life sometimes thrusts upon you, and the ultimate journey to finding peace. Cornejo puts into words what most of us can only feel. Poignant and spellbinding, I Prayed for Rain, is worth visiting again and again.
-Wren Cherney, author of A Fateful Magic
Melanie Cornejo's writing has the distinct ability of making the reader feel homesick for all of the places she has lived. This collection of poems is for anyone who makes the brave move to New York from a simpler place. Every transplant New Yorker has lived in her Harlem apartment, has felt the wind rush past on her subway platform, and has experienced acute heartbreak from falling in and out of love with the place.
-Whitney Van Laningham