National Poetry Month - In Time of Silver Rain

In Time of Silver Rain

Pete S., our newsstand buyer, submitted this poem as one of his favorites:

In time of silver rain
The earth
Puts forth new life again,
Green grasses grow
And flowers lift their heads,
And over all the plain
The wonder spreads
Of life,
Of life,
Of life!

In time of silver rain
The butterflies
Lift silken wings
To catch a rainbow cry,
And trees put forth
New leaves to sing
In joy beneath the sky
As down the roadway
Passing boys and girls
Go singing, too,
In time of silver rain
When spring
And life
Are new.

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This poem was written by Langston Hughes. It can be found in Selected Poems of Langston Hughes, published by Vintage Classics in 1990. It can be purchased here.