April showers bring May flowers.
April is National Poetry Month, and I found a wonderful poem to celebrate. I like spring showers and spring flowers, so a poem about rain makes me happy.
April Rain Song
by 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.
April is also Poem-A-Day month. Several writing groups, including Writer’s Digest and NaPoWriMo (National Poem Writing Month), encourage writers to create a poem every day in April.
I’ve never done this and won’t be doing it this year since I’m participating in Camp Nanowrimo along with my YouTube channel (I hope you’ll join me.)
Instead of writing a poem a day, I could read a poem a day. That sounds more doable and just as fun.