The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Summer Rain

Your skin will sizzle
as I drizzle
this sweet
summer day.

Twirl and dance,
sashay and spin.
Let my drops
drip down your chin.

Sing and shake.
Laugh and play.
Run about and
shout
“HOORAY!”

I excite and delight
Then -
You know what I’ll do?
I’ll make a rainbow
just for you.

About the Writer


Matthew Winter

Matthew is an elementary school teacher and has been for twenty years. He loves poetry and writing. He has had poems published by Pomelo Books in anthologies. Matthew would love to have more poems published, maybe a collection of his work or even his own picture book. He has a poodle named Bailey, whom he adores.