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Rain Poems | Examples of Rain Poetry

Rain Poems - Examples of all types of rain poetry to share and read. This list of rain poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of rain poetry. This list of works about rain is an excellent resource for examples on how to write rain poems.
Premium Member Walkies
In the pouring rain, “Walkies” said the man to the dog, said the dog to the man “Things we do for love” in the pouring rain....Read the rest...
Categories: dog, friend, rain,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Rainy Bird of Morning
Here at garden salad seas The scene of time’s repeated theft A rain upon the poplar trees Witnesses vigor bereft A paradox of time and place Which Dickens did once suggest Lonely in a...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, nature, rain, time,
Form: Rhyme
O Monsoon Rains
You rise from the depths of south-west to bless Us in a heist, an invading army, In a month to conquest all the country, Ever welcome in all its loveliness. Ye pour or pause to lay anchor in...Read the rest...
Categories: rain,
Form: Sonnet
Barred Basis
Sky's lefts bygone when there's not enough clouds For her every color's soul to change in— A motionless mime with no body shroud For singe of sun, pleasure of moon, on skin; No silver lines to join in morning...Read the rest...
Categories: rain, angst, introspection, loneliness, longing,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member 211 Haiku Rain
heavens rumbling tears drop descend wet graffiti 5/29/2024...Read the rest...
Categories: rain,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Early Morning Rain
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Early this morning, the clouds gave their rain to the grass and trees, when the road became alive with more splashes than my eyes could appreciate. Yet together they brought such a soothing sound, a...Read the rest...
Categories: morning, rain,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member The Sound on Rain
The gentle patter of rain, Whispers of water falling from the sky, each droplet carrying a tale shared with the soil, lightly drumming on leaves, stirring the greenery awake. Puddles mirror their surroundings, reflecting the world in rippling images, while...Read the rest...
Categories: rain,
Form: Free verse
The Rain is a Melody
Tune by tune -The rain splashes Splash after splash trickling down The puffiness in the clouds the darken With tranquility becoming me I hear it's consistency and I see it The raindrops everlasting in my mind Brilliantly it's like a Melody And...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, god, rain,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Greeting the Mist
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I will greet the mist courteously with a smile I can do no more ...Read the rest...
Categories: meaningful, rain,
Form: Haiku
every time it rains, i think of you
"Every time it rains, I think of you," That's what Anonymous said— Too afraid to say it to your face Because it's already too late: They let you go. And you're also too afraid To pick up the phone,...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love, rain, sad
Form: Free verse
Severe Thunderstorm
It came in waves, the wind and rain, With just a clap of thunder, But while it raged, it seemed insane, Surroundings ripped asunder. Then it would stop, the branches stilled; The sky would start to lighten, Forecast promises fulfilled, With just...Read the rest...
Categories: rain,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Monoku three in war
monoku 4 none dance in rainshowers where tears flood the streets...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, humanity, psychological, rain,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Message Left on the Windshield
The rain fogged my window and thoughts It triggered the grief of losing you It cried for me when I couldn't What I would give just to see you one more time I just want to see you from...Read the rest...
Categories: rain, goodbye, grief, i love
Form: Blank verse
Raining in Summer
I watch my verdant eyes envious as the botanicals blossom in a sandstone sunrise glow, I am a forlorn figure wandering in my fog of fears, I cannot omit my icy turbulent tears,...Read the rest...
Categories: rain, anger, anxiety, emotions, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Raining In Summer
There is nothing quite like rain in summer Summer season looks As young and beautiful...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, encouraging, imagery, rain,
Form: Lyric

Specific Types of Rain Poems

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Definition | What is Rain in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs