A rainy day can be dreary or it can be a welcomed change in the weather. Poets can offer both perspectives. Here is a collection of great rain poetry from famous poets.
- "The Rainy Day" by Henry Wadsworth Longfello
This rain poem from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow contains the lines:"The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;"
- "Spring Storm" by William Carlos Williams
This rainstorm poem contains the lines: "But water, water from a thousand runnels! It collects swiftly, dappled with black"
- "Rain" by Robert Louis Stevenson
This is a very short poem by Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson: "The Rain is raining all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here. And on the ships at sea."
- "Rain in Summer" by Henry Wadsworth Longfello
This Longfellow rain poem contains the lines: "How beautiful is the rain! How it clatters along the roofs, Like the tramp of hoofs How it gushes and struggles out."
- "Like Rain it sounded till it curved" by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson's rain poem begins:"Like Rain it sounded till it curved
And then I new 'twas Wind --
It walked as wet as any Wave
But swept as dry as sand --"
- "Rain Poem" by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson's rain poem begins:"A drop fell on the apple tree
Another on the roof;
A half a dozen kissed the eaves,
And made the gables laugh."
- "The Rain" by William Henry Davies
Davies' upbeat rain poem includes the lines: "Drop after drop; 'Tis a sweet noise to hear These green leaves drinking near."
- "A Drop Fell On The Apple Tree" by Emily Dickinson
Dickinson's poem begins with the lines:"A Drop fell on the Apple Tree -
Another - on the Roof -
A Half a Dozen kissed the Eaves -
And made the Gables laugh -"
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