Hello, Rain! by Kyo Maclear

Author:Kyo Maclear [Maclear, Kyo and Turnham, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2021-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Drippy leaf, slippy rock.

Here is an earthworm, a sticky snail.

Here is a seedling.

Even when it pours the frogs don’t hurry

or hide.

foxglove, poppy, Hyacinth, yarrow.

Down in the dirt, the thirsty roots are drinking.

Cool rain. Fresh rain.

A barrel to catch the drops for later.

So we can have: pink roses, frilly peonies, tangles of vine.

Bursting peapods, bright carrots, leafy radishes.

Plums in the fridge, sweet and cold.

One for you, one for me.

In a quiet spot, a single drop of rain touches five times—

a branch, a leaf, an apple, a rock, a blade of grass—

before reaching the ground.

We crouch under a tree and whisper-talk until . . .

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