An April Rain Song / Langston Hughes

An 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
With its pitty-pat.
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk.
The rain makes running pools in the gutter.
The rain plays a little sleep tune
On our roof at night,
And I love the rain.

~~
Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
from The Brownies' Book, April 1921

[Poem is in the public domain in Canada and the United States]

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"An April Rain Song" read by Henry Kaiser. Courtesy National Botanical Garden.