Articles about 'Poetry about the Weather'
May 17th, 2013
Here’s a lovely poem about The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson with a couple of mp3 renditions.
MP3 of The Wind
2nd MP3 of The Wind
The Wind
I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies’ skirts across the grass–
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind,...
May 13th, 2013
Here’s a little poem about clouds by Christina Rossetti.
MP3 of the Poem "Clouds"
Clouds
by Christina Rossetti
White sheep, white sheep, On a blue hill, When the wind stops You all stand still When the wind blows You walk...
March 21st, 2013
A poem about March…
The Stormy Cold March Days
Ho! for the stormy cold March days, Aye! There is nothing like them. Loud let us shout and sing their praise March is so proud and free. Snowy, blowy, wheezy, breezy, ...
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February 9th, 2013
Snow is in the air! Here’s a poem called, "Snow in the Suburbs" by Thomas Hardy with an mp3 recording.
Enjoy!
Mama Lisa
MP3 of Snow in the Suburbs
Snow in the Suburbs
Every branch big with it, Bent every twig with it; Every fork like a white web-foot; Every...
December 10th, 2012
Here’s a poem about a wandering snowflake…
MP3 Recording of Whenever a Snowflake
Whenever A Snowflake Leaves the Sky
When e’er a snowflake leaves the sky It turns and turns, to say good-bye. Good-bye, dear clouds, so cool and gray. Then turns and hastens on its way....
December 10th, 2012
"Little Snowflake" is a poem about Christmas by Hannah More Kahaus (1745-1833). You can listen to an mp3 recording of it below and read along with the poem.
MP3 of Little Snowflake
Little Snowflake
Little snow-flake, soft and white, Drops down in the silent night ; ...
December 9th, 2012
Advent is a poem about Christmas by Austrian poet, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926). Here you can listen to an mp3 of the original poem in German while reading along with the text. After the poem you’ll find an English translation.
MP3 of Advent
Advent
Es treibt der Wind im Winterwalde die Flockenherde wie ein...
January 20th, 2012
Here’s the poem "Windy Nights" by Robert Louis Stevenson with a recording and illustrations…
MP3 Recording of Windy Nights
Windy Nights By Robert Louis Stevenson
Whenever the moon and stars are set, Whenever the wind is high, All night long in the dark and wet, A man...
January 5th, 2012
Here’s the Dutch poem Winterstilte (Winter Silence) by Guido Gezelle who lived from 1830 to 1899. You can listen to the poem in the mp3 recording below and follow along with the Dutch text and then read a loose English translation…
MP3 Recording of Winterstilte
Winterstilte (Dutch)
Een witte spree ...
January 3rd, 2012
Here’s a pretty little poem called January’s Garden by A.E.A., with a recording by me.
MP3 Recording of January’s Garden
January’s Garden
All silver-white and silver-clear
Are January’s bowers,
And there bloom sparkling sprays of ice,
And snowflake flowers.
October 19th, 2011
The French poem Matin d’Octobre by François Coppée (1842-1908) is about an early October morning. You’ll find the original French version with an mp3 here and an English translation below it.
MP3 Recording of Matin d’Octobre
Matin d’Octobre
C’est l’heure exquise et matinale Que rougit un soleil soudain. ...
October 6th, 2011

Pioggia is an Italian poem about rain by Giovanni Pascoli (1855 – 1912). Below you can listen to a recording, follow along in the original Italian and then read an English translation of the poem.
First a note about the illustration, in English we say “It’s raining cats and dogs” when it’s raining very hard....
August 24th, 2011
"Le temps a laissé son manteau" is a poem by French poet Charles d’Orléans (1394 – 1465). The title can be translated to English as "The Season Has Cast Off Its Coat". It’s about Winter turning into Spring.
Here you can hear the poem, read the original in French and follow along with an English...
February 21st, 2011
Here’s a pretty little poem by Thoreau. After the poem I gave the meanings of some lesser-known words in the poem.
Mist By Henry David Thoreau
MP3 Recording of Mist
Low-anchored cloud, Newfoundland air, Fountain-head and source of rivers, ...
January 7th, 2011
This poem will turn your mind inside-out! Maybe I felt that way because I was listening to this poem amid a bunch of Wallace Stevens’ other poems. They’re very unique.
Older kids and adults will enjoy The Snow Man more than younger kids. You might have to read the poem a couple of times to get...
December 27th, 2010
Here’s a part of a poem about the snow by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
SNOWFLAKES
Out of the Bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, ...
December 7th, 2010
Listen to Who Loves the Trees Best?
Who Loves the Trees Best? By Alice May Douglas
Who loves the trees best? “I,” said the spring, “Their leaves so beautiful To them I bring.”
Who loves the trees best? ...
November 8th, 2010
Autumn’s Processional
Then step by step walks Autumn, With steady eyes that show Nor grief nor fear, to the death of the year, While the equinoctials blow.
by Dinah Maria Mulock
Note: Equinoctials here means "A violent storm of wind and rain occurring at or...
April 13th, 2010
I recently came across a great poem about the Wind and Moon and soon after found a tale about the same subjects. It seemed fitting to post them together.
The poem is called “The Wind and the Moon” by Scotsman, George MacDonald (1824 – 1905)…
The Wind and the Moon
by George MacDonald
Said the Wind to the...
December 1st, 2009
Here’s a cool weather poem – no pun intended…
Whether the Weather
Whether the weather be fine,
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold,
Or whether the weather be hot,
We’ll weather the weather,
Whatever the whether,
Whether we like it or not.
-Anonymous
If anyone would like to read this poem for us, I’d be happy to add a...
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