Good rain

This poem by Langston Hughes was featured on the St Swithin’s day edition of Something Understood

In time of silver rain

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.
Langston Hughes


According to one web source, Hughes wrote this poem in dedication to Lorraine Hansberry when she told him she had cancer.


Links
BBC Radio 4: Something Understood
Mixbook: Lorraine Hansberry & Langston Hughes
Lorraine Hansberry 1930-1965