Sherendipity Saturday: Rain

Tim Walker

Note: Next to Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein is a favorite funny poet and rhyming master that kids enjoy.  Silverstein wrote "Where the Sidewalk Ends," "Falling Up," "A Light in the Attic," and (my personal fave) "The Giving Tree."

I opened my eyes
And looked up at the rain,
And it dripped in my head
And flowed into my brain,
And all that I hear as I lie in my bed
Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.

I step very softly,
I walk very slow,
I can't do a handstand--
I might overflow,
So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said--
I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head.
- Shel Silverstein