Rain Poems
Rainy Day
William Wise
I do not like a rainy day.
The road is wet, the sky is gray.
They dress me up, from head to toes,
In lots and lots of rubber clothes.
I wish the sun would come and stay.
I do not like a rainy day.
The Rain
Pitter-patter, raindrops,
Falling from the sky;
Here is my umbrella
To keep me safe and dry!
When the rain is over,
And the sun begins to glow,
Little flowers start to bud,
And grow and grow and grow!
Showers
Marchette Chute
Squelch and squirt and squiggle,
Drizzle and drip and drain -
Such a lot of water
Comes down with the rain!
Rain
anonymous
Rain on the green grass
And rain on the tree,
And rain on the housetop,
But not upon me.
Spring Rain
Marchette Chute
The storm came up so very quick
It couldn't have been quicker.
I should have brought my hat along,
I should have brought my slicker.
My hair is wet, my feet are wet,
I couldn't be much wetter.
I fell into a river once
But this is even better.
Raindrop Rhythm
Fannie L. Houck
Heard the rhythm of the raindrops
Dripping to the ground.
Heard the rhythm of the raindrops
Dropping all around.
Heard the rhythm of the raindrops
Drumming on the rafter.
Heard the rhythm of the raindrops
Drowning out our laughter.
April Rain Song
Langston Hughes
Let the rain kiss you.
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk.
The rain makes running pools in the gutter.
the rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at night -
And I love the rain.
Singin' in the Rain
I'm singin' in the rain,
Just singin' in the rain,
What a glorious feeling,
I'm happy again!
I'm laughing at clouds,
So dark, up above,
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love.
Let the stormy clouds chase
Ev'ryone form the place,
Come on with the rain,
I've a smile on my face.
I'll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain,
And singin', just singin'
In the rain.
Little Raindrops
Aunt Effie - Jane Euphemia Browne
Oh, where do you come from,
You little drops of rain,
Pitter patter, pitter patter,
Down the window pane?
They won't let me walk,
And they won't let me play,
And they won't let me go
Out of doors at all today.
They put away my playthings
Because I broke them all,
And then they locked up all my bricks,
And took away my ball.
Tell me, little raindrops,
Is that the way you play,
Pitter patter, pitter patter,
All the rainy day?
They say I'm very naughty,
But I've nothing else to do
but sit here at the window;
I should like to play with you.
The little raindrops cannot speak,
But "pitter pitter pat"
Means, "We can play on this side,
Why can't you play on that?"
Spring Rain
J. Patrick Lewis
I puddle up the neighborhood
I make the mailman mad
Iw ake the worm and spank the frog
Sleeping on his lily pad
And when the tulips in their beds
Nod happily, it's true,
I shake the petals of their hands
And say, How do you dew?
An Awkward Arrangement
Jane Yolen
If I were rain and rain were me
We'd make an awkward company.
I'd make rain rise and never fall,
And no one would get wet at all
Excepting rain itself would get
A most absorbing kind of wet.
I don't expect rain will agree
That I be rain and it be me.
Jigsaw Puddle
Emily Hearn
Sloshing my boot in the pavement puddle
I jiggle the sky above,
I fold the clouds in a sheep-like huddle,
I bobble the sun in the blue and white muddle -
And then I stand still -
Till the jigsaw puddle
Is smooth as a mirror again!
Rainy Day
William Wise
I do not like a rainy day.
The road is wet, the sky is gray.
They dress me up, from head to toes,
In lots and lots of rubber clothes.
I wish the sun would come and stay.
I do not like a rainy day.
Showers
Marchette Chute
Squelch and squirt and suiggle,
Drizzle and drip and drain -
Such a lot of water
Comes down with the rain!
Sun After Rain
Norma Farber
Rain, rain,
went away.
Sun came out
with pipe of clay,
blew a bubble
whole-world-wide,
stuck a rainbow
on one side.
"Splash," said a raindrop
As it fell upon my hat;
"Splash said another
As it trickled down my back.
"You are very rude," I said
As I looked up to the sky;
Then another raindrop splashed
Right into my eye!
Rain Sizes
John Ciardi
Rain comes in various sizes.
Some rain is as small as a mist.
It tickles your face with surprises,
And tingles as if you'd been kissed.
Some rain is the size of a sprinkle
And doesn't put out the sun.
You can see the drops sparkle and twinkle,
And a rainbow comes out when it's done.
Some rain is as big as a nickel
And comes with a crash and a hiss.
It comes down too heavy to tickle.
It's more like a splash than a kiss.
When it rains the right size and you're wrapped in
Your rainclothes, it's fun out of doors.
But run home before you get trapped in
The big rain that rattles and roars.
Rain Poem
Elizabeth Coatsworth
The rain was like a little mouse,
quiet, small, and gray,
it pattered all around the house
and then it went away.
It did not come, I understand,
indoors at all, until
it found an open window and
left tracks across the sill.
Rain
Myra Cohen Livingston
Summer rain
is soft and cool,
so I go barefoot
in a pool.
But winter rain
is cold, and pours,
so I must watch it
from indoors.
Rainy Nights
Irene Thompson
I like the town on rainy nights
When everything is wet -
When all the town has magic lights
And streets of shining jet!
When al lthe rain about the town
Is like a looking-glass,
And all the lights are upside-down
Below me as I pass.
In all the pools are velvet skies,
And down the dazzling street
A fairy city gleams and lies
In beauty at my feet.
In the Rain
Rene Cloke
There is no color in the rain
It's only water, wet and plain.
It makes damp spots upon my book
And splashes on my new dress, look!
But puddles, in the rainy weather,
Glisten like a peacock's feather.
The Muddy Puddle
Dennis Lee
I am sitting
In the middle
Of a rather Muddy
Puddle,
Wiht my bottom
Full of bubbles
And my rubbers
Full of Mud,
While my jacket
And my sweater
Go on slowly
Getting wetter
As I very
Slowly settle
to the Bottom
Of the Mud.
And I find that
What a person
With a puddle
Round his middle
Thinks of mostly
In the muddle
Is the Muddi-
Ness of Mud.
I Like it When It's Mizzly
Aileen Fisher
I like it when it's mizzly
and just a little drizzly
so everything looks far away
and make-believe and frizzly.
I like when it's foggy
and sounding very froggy.
I even like it when it rains
on streets and weepy windowpanes
and catkins in the poplar tree
and me.
Puddles
Frank Asch
I like to look in puddles -
when I smile
they smile,
when I laugh
they laugh,
and when I cry
they don't mind getting wet.