A rainy day can be dreary or it can be a welcomed change in the weather. Poets can offer both perspectives. Below is a collection of great rain poetry from famous poets. You might also be interested in our collection of rain quotes.
- "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 -"
