One Little Raindrop
One little raindrop
Arrives on my nose
Dangles a moment
Then splashes my toes
Slides down my pinkie
Lands on the grass
Washes a blade so
It glimmers like glass
One little raindrop
Joins with its mates
A cackling creek
That skitters and skates
On through the forests
And meadows it snakes
Merges with rivers
That pour into lakes
One little raindrop
Drawn out to sea
Plays with the dolphins
A long way from me
Out comes the sunshine
Blazing and high
Hauls up that raindrop
Far into the sky
One little raindrop
Now it’s a cloud
Here is the thunder
Looming and loud
Quick! Run for shelter
Before the storm blows
As one little raindrop
Arrives on my nose
Sharon Hammad
- Sharon says: I wrote it in response to Poetry Prompt #15 ‘In Winter’ during the Big Wet Weekend we had recently. I was thinking about how to explain the water cycle to children.
Australian Children’s Poetry Website 
Lovely, light lilting rhythm in your delightful poem about the cycle of water. Thank you.
I felt your poem ably fulfilled the significant challenge you set yourself, Sharon: consistent rhymes, accessible vocabulary, logical development and a fitting conclusion. Well done!
Brilliant! It drew me in from the start and left me where I began – wonderful.