Rain!

Brierly Ashour, “Rain in April,” Friend, Apr 1979, inside back cover

I like the sound of April rain
When skies are gray and clouds hang low.
Rain warms the brown and frozen earth
And helps the sleeping flowers grow.


At night I hear the sound of rain
And think how thirsty plants must be,
All shut up tight inside the ground
Awaiting spring to set them free.

Sandra A. Metcalf-Moore, “Rain Is Fun,” Friend, Apr 1985, inside back cover

Rain is fun
As it splashes and sploshes.
I like to skitter in it
With my old galoshes.


I like it when raindrops
Pounce on my head
And trickle and dribble
And chill my nose red.


I like it when the wispy wind
Joins in the spree
And tousles my hair
As I frolic—whoopee!


Dora Faye Redman, “Rain Puddles,” Friend, Jun 1986, 27

Rain puddles hold
dark clouds,
a bit of blue,
a shimmer of sun,
green treetops,
flower faces—
And me!


Sandra Liatsos, “Spring Rain,” Friend, Apr 1981, 39

I like to stand
In silver rain
And catch the shining
Droplets flung
Like a flood
Of falling stars,
Cool and tingling
On my tongue.

Nothing more to say. I love rain. I'm crazy. And random. It's true.

Shh... listen.
*corky*