(I channel Noah - will it ever end or will we float away?). by Elaine M.Īfter all these years living in Ohio, days and days of rain (like we’re having now) still make me nervous. I really like the selection of poems in the book–many of which you won’t find in any recent anthologies–and the illustrations. One of my friends who owns a children’s book shop recommended this book to me earlier this year.
So beautiful and I really love the poetry-no the art-no the poems! Okay…I have to pick this book up! It’s amazing! by Kamelaĭidn’t know about this one! Looks lovely :)! I don’t mind the rain either - better than ice. Wind”) hanging on my writing room corkboard. I have the Robert Frost page (“To The Thawing Illustrations used with permission of publisher.Ĩ comments to “Poetry/Haiku Thursday/Friday:Ĭinnamon Geraniums and the Rainingest Rain” Published by Charlesbridge, Watertown, MA. Illustrations copyright © 2010 by Ryan O’Rourke. Compilation copyright © 2010 by Rita Gray. The one and only Jama Rattigan will host tomorrow’s Poetry Friday gathering here. Below are a few spot illustrations from the book. Writes the School Library Journal review, “The short poems are distinctive and well chosen…The delightful oil-on-paper illustrations in muted colors wrap around the text and add whimsical details…This attractive collection offers a delightful introduction to nature poetry.” “…Like a cinnamon / Geranium / Smells the rainingest rain.” Left side of spread - a haiku from Sodô: “a lone watermelon / knows nothing of the storm / this morning after” Right side of spread: Eve Merriam’s “Summer Rain”: Opening this post is an excerpt from Robert Frost’s “To the Thawing Wind.” Having organized the anthology by seasons (five poems for each)-and really and truly covering many forms of precipitation-Rita also includes some poems from Carl Sandburg, Eve Merriam, Lilian Moore, and many more, including a poem of her own:Īs mentioned, there are many haikus, Gray even including a note in the beginning about the translations, as well as a brief description for child readers as to how haikus are written. In July of this year, Charlesbridge released a poetry anthology dedicated to such days, One Big Rain: Poems for Rainy Days, compiled by Rita Gray and illustrated by Ryan O’Rourke, a title “well suited to a drizzly afternoon,” as Publishers Weekly wrote. I’m one of those chuckleheads who grins to herself when the forecast calls for days and days of it. Give the buried flower a dream / Make the settled snow-bank steam…” “Come with rain, O loud Southwester! / Bring the singer, bring the nester / Hence, my funky post title is what I’m trying to say. Today’s featured poetry anthology includes haiku-not just traditional poetry- and I’m going to post before Poetry Friday begins, so there ya go. Not to mention I just couldn’t make up my mind. Goofy post title, I know, but I haven’t had coffee yet.
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