Pollen Season

Pollen and petals 

swirling in a rain puddle

bring to mind the verse

“April Rain Song” by

Langston Hughes, the poem we

said from memory

each day of April

on the first grade rug for our

poem-of-the-month

~dkm 40/52

                “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

                                                      ~Langston Hughes