Raining, but What?
May 19, 2007 4:58 AM Subscribe
Poetry question: Can anyone identify a poem that says something like "it's not raining rain today"? I don't think it's the same as the lyrics to this song.
There may be some love type references in there too.
There may be some love type references in there too.
Just noticed that my submission matches the one that you say you don't think it is. Maybe this one though:
Though April showers may come your way,
They bring the flowers that bloom in May.
So if it’s raining, have no regrets
Because it isn’t raining rain you know,
It’s raining violets.
And when you see clouds upon the hills,
You soon will see crowds of daffodils.
So keep on looking for a bluebird
And listening for his song.
Whenever April Showers come along.
This is really just another variation of the same song / poem. Do you think it is the same song / poem written by somebody else?
posted by dnthomps at 6:26 AM on May 19, 2007
Though April showers may come your way,
They bring the flowers that bloom in May.
So if it’s raining, have no regrets
Because it isn’t raining rain you know,
It’s raining violets.
And when you see clouds upon the hills,
You soon will see crowds of daffodils.
So keep on looking for a bluebird
And listening for his song.
Whenever April Showers come along.
This is really just another variation of the same song / poem. Do you think it is the same song / poem written by somebody else?
posted by dnthomps at 6:26 AM on May 19, 2007
I remember Bugs Bunny singing that last one in the shower, a waterfall, in a cartoon about Blacques Jacques Shellac damming up the stream where Bugs was showering.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 7:22 AM on May 19, 2007
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 7:22 AM on May 19, 2007
Life is not a highway strewn with flowers,
Still it holds a goodly share of bliss,
When the sun gives way to April showers,
Here is the point you should never miss.
Add that verse to what dnthomps posted and you have Al Jolson's song, "April Showers."
posted by Carol Anne at 7:24 AM on May 19, 2007
Still it holds a goodly share of bliss,
When the sun gives way to April showers,
Here is the point you should never miss.
Add that verse to what dnthomps posted and you have Al Jolson's song, "April Showers."
posted by Carol Anne at 7:24 AM on May 19, 2007
It isn't raining rain to me, it's raining daffodils;
In every dimpled drop I see wild flowers on the hills.
The clouds of grey engulf the day and overwhelm the town -
It isn't raining rain to me, it's raining roses down.
It isn't raining rain to me, but fields of clover bloom
Where any buccaneering bee may find a bed and room,
A health unto the happy, a fig for him who frets -
It isn't raining rain to me, it's raining violets.
Thanks for this. Unabashedly. It helped.
posted by longsleeves at 10:09 PM on May 19, 2007
In every dimpled drop I see wild flowers on the hills.
The clouds of grey engulf the day and overwhelm the town -
It isn't raining rain to me, it's raining roses down.
It isn't raining rain to me, but fields of clover bloom
Where any buccaneering bee may find a bed and room,
A health unto the happy, a fig for him who frets -
It isn't raining rain to me, it's raining violets.
Thanks for this. Unabashedly. It helped.
posted by longsleeves at 10:09 PM on May 19, 2007
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It isn't raining rain to me by Robert Loveman
It isn't raining rain to me, it's raining daffodils;
In every dimpled drop I see wild flowers on the hills.
The clouds of grey engulf the day and overwhelm the town -
It isn't raining rain to me, it's raining roses down.
It isn't raining rain to me, but fields of clover bloom
Where any buccaneering bee may find a bed and room,
A health unto the happy, a fig for him who frets -
It isn't raining rain to me, it's raining violets.
Looks like there is a lot of variation to this poem, http://www.google.com/search?complete=1&hl=en&q=poem%2C+%22it+isn%E2%80%99t+raining+rain%22
posted by dnthomps at 6:10 AM on May 19, 2007