Hello, everybody! Today I'd like to share some short poems I wrote about rainbows and rain.
Rainbow
I'm a curve of colors in the sky
But why do you see me? Why?
When sunlight starts to shine
Light goes slow enough through a raindrop
So the frequencies inside split into colors so fine
Violet on bottom, red on top
The colors will be the same as long as you live-
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
But all you need to remember is ROY G BIV
Whether I am in mist or spray
Or across the sky, like you normally see
You won't find a pot of gold, I must say
Because there is no end of me
Rain
Rain is here when the clouds turn gray
You see it and you run away
Why do you not like to see me?
Don't you realize I keep Earth happy?
Every living thing needs water, you know
I make that water cycle flow
Why, I even water the crops you grow
And I help when the water is low
Now that you've stopped groaning so loud
Let's discuss how I formed- from a cloud
I start as warm air or vapor that begins to rise
The I cool and condense into liquid- no lie
It gets colder still and the droplets come together
I get too heavy, fall from the cloud, and voila- rainy weather
Before you leave, I must tell you some facts that are fun
I'm not shaped like a teardrop; it's more like a burger bun
11 mph is the average speed at which I fall
And the average annual rainfall for Earth is 39 in. tall!
Source: Basher Basics "Weather" by Dan Green
Rainbow
I'm a curve of colors in the sky
But why do you see me? Why?
When sunlight starts to shine
Light goes slow enough through a raindrop
So the frequencies inside split into colors so fine
Violet on bottom, red on top
The colors will be the same as long as you live-
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
But all you need to remember is ROY G BIV
Whether I am in mist or spray
Or across the sky, like you normally see
You won't find a pot of gold, I must say
Because there is no end of me
Rain
Rain is here when the clouds turn gray
You see it and you run away
Why do you not like to see me?
Don't you realize I keep Earth happy?
Every living thing needs water, you know
I make that water cycle flow
Why, I even water the crops you grow
And I help when the water is low
Now that you've stopped groaning so loud
Let's discuss how I formed- from a cloud
I start as warm air or vapor that begins to rise
The I cool and condense into liquid- no lie
It gets colder still and the droplets come together
I get too heavy, fall from the cloud, and voila- rainy weather
Before you leave, I must tell you some facts that are fun
I'm not shaped like a teardrop; it's more like a burger bun
11 mph is the average speed at which I fall
And the average annual rainfall for Earth is 39 in. tall!
Source: Basher Basics "Weather" by Dan Green