These poems are all about nature–weather in particular. I find these three poems very good at creating imagery. I would love to see different illustrations of these pieces. If you send me your drawings, I will post them on the blog later on.
Clouds
White sheep, white sheep
On a blue hill,
When the wind stops
You all stand still.
When the wind blows
You walk away slow
White sheep, white sheep,
Where do you go?
by Christina Rossetti
April Rain Song
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.
by Langston Hughes
Sun Flakes
If sunlight fell like snowflakes,
gleaming yellow and so bright,
we cold build a sunman,
we could have a sunball fight,
we could watch the sunflakes
drifting in the sky.
We could go sleighing
in the middle of July
through sundrifts and sunbanks,
we could ride a sunmobile,
and we could touch sunflakes–
I wonder how they’d feel.
by Frank Asch
All three of these poets are well known. Christina Rossetti and Langston Hughes are famous poets. Christina Rossetti lived in England from 1830-1894 and Langston Hughes lived in the United States from 1902-1967. Frank Asch is a well-known American author of picture books. He was born in 1946 and is still alive and writing books.