Ned Rorem's mirror song cycle Poems of Love and Rain sets each poem of the cycle twice. The poets included in this song cycle are Donald Windham. W.H. Auden, Howard Moss, Emily Dickinson, Theodore Roethke, Jack Larson, e.e. cummings, and Kenneth Pitchford.

Poems of Love and Rain

1. Prologue: from “The Rain” (Donald Windham)
2. “Stop All the Clocks” (W. H. Auden)
3. “The Air is the Only” (Howard Moss)
4. “Love’s Stricken ‘Why'” (Emily Dickinson)
5. “The Apparition” (Theodore Roethke)
6. “Do I Love You (Part I)” (Jack Larson)
7. “In the Rain” (e. e. cummings)
8. “Song for Lying in Bed During a Night Rain” (Kenneth Pitchford)
9. Interlude
10. “Song for Lying in Bed During a Night Rain” (conclusion) (Kenneth Pitchford)
11. “In the Rain” (e. e. cummings)
12. “Do I Love You (Part II)” (Jack Larson)
13. “The Apparition” (Theodore Roethke)
14. “Love’s Stricken ‘Why'” (Emily Dickinson)
15. “The Air is the Only” (Howard Moss)
16. “Stop All the Clocks” (W. H. Auden)
17. Epilogue: from “The Rain” (Donald Windham)

Songs

From "The Rain"

Ned Rorem

Donald Windham