---------------
I made bagels last night. One more 'first thing' that I've done this year! We had them for breakfast with delicious creamed honey from the beekeeping conference.
---------------
Dr. George Grant posts some quotes themed on wisdom and discernment.
----------------
A. Victoria kindly shares a cool new word with us- mulligrubs. If you haven't seen it, feel free to leave your guesses as to the meaning in my comments before heading over there. :-)
----------------
It is raining here. I love rain. I love rainy days. I love clouds. (Can you tell I grew up in Arizona?) Does anyone know of any poems celebrating rainy days?
---------------
12 comments:
Does anyone know of any poems celebrating rainy days?
No poems ... but there are a few songs out there that do ...
I Love a Rainy Night -- Eddie Rabbitt
Laughter in the Rain -- Neil Sedaka
and a couple that lament ...
Smoky Mountain Rain -- Ronnie Milsap
Rainy Days and Mondays -- Carpenters
I love the rain as well! It is refreshing and all I really want to do is sit down with warm homemade cookies and a book.:)
Rainy day go away, come again some other day..... LOL
It's raining
It's pouring
The old man
Is snoring
He went to bed
With a bump on his head
And didn't wake up
Til morning.
Thanks, Lauren G, for prompting my memory with the poem you recalled
JFC, how could you leave out Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, by whatsisname.
Settler,
I must confess that I did include 2 lamentations, but since Naddy asked for celebrations, I omitted B J Thomas; also Willie Nelson (Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain), and the slightly scandalous Poor Rainy Day Woman (maybe Waylon Jennings? I'm not sure), and Elvis (Kentucky Rain)
Stanza 4, and the resulting Stanza 5 from this Psalm are a celebration of rain.
Stanza 4
9.You come to the earth with water,
Its great riches thus You share.
Your great river overflows,
Provides the grain that you prepare.
10.You have watered all its furrows,
All its ridges settled low.
You have softened it with showers,
You, indeed, have blessed its growth.
Stanza 5
11.You have crowned the year with bounty.
Your path, with abundance, flows.
12.Wi-ld pastures flow with plenty;
Hills, themselves, with joy are clothed.
13.Meadows gird themselves with flocks, and
Valleys deck themselves with grain.
They lift up their voices shouting;
They, for joy, sing unrestrained.
There are heaps of poems about rain ... but I am not great at remembering who of my fav. poets have written a rain poem, or their poems by heart- I have to have their book in front of me.
A NZ poet called Hone Tuwhare has written a poem about rain that has become almost iconic over here. If I can find it, I'll post it to you.
Meanwhile ... I LOVE Jose Feliciano's song: 'Listen to the falling rain listen to it fall, and with every drop of rain I can you call ... etc etc.' One of my Desert island disc songs that one!!
Thanks for your notes on my blog :)
Here it is:
Rain
I can hear you
making small holes
in the silence
rain
If I were deaf
the pores of my skin
would open to you
and shut
And I
should know you
by the lick of you
if I were blind
the something
special smell of you
when the sun cakes
the ground
the steady
drum-roll sound
you make
when the wind drops
But if I
should not hear
smell or feel or see
you
you would still
define me
disperse me
wash over me
rain
Hone Tuwhare
JFC- thanks for the songs.
-Now, how could I have forgotten what is likely the first rain poem I ever heard? Thanks for reminding me.
- I really like the adaptation of Psalm 65, especially sung to Ode to Joy. Lovely!
A.Victoria- I agree! That is the perfect rainy day thing to do, if you can... :-)
Lauren- Rainy day, please stay, and come again another day... :-)
Dad- Fortunately I like the tune to that song, since after you mentioned it I had it stuck in my head all day... :-)
Jeff- thanks for the poems! I really like both of them. I especially like the phrasing and imagery on the first, and the second one made me grin and read it aloud.
Deborah Anne- it is always good to have a puddle splashing song on hand. One never knows when one may need it! ;-) I actually tried to sing this one a few days ago, since the tune was running through my head, but I didn't know all the words, so thanks so much for sharing them! Now it won't drive me batty that I can only sing half of it and have to hum the rest! :-)
Chiefbiscuit- You are quite welcome. :-) Thank you for sharing some NZ poetry with us. I like the way the poet looked at the ways we sense the rain- hearing it, feeling it, and smelling it. It is also interesting that the poet is addressing the rain itself.
Mrs. Long- Ok, I emailed you! :-) Considering the interesting comments I read here, I think I might just be able to... :-)
The correct link is here, sorry.
Someone reminded me today why the ants were marching ...
The Ants Go Marching
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stopped to suck his thumb,
(chorus)
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain.
Post a Comment