French painter Claude Monet painted the Field of Poppies in 1873. In the sky above the pretty red poppies in this field are some low puffy cumulus clouds.
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Our Poetic Planet: Poems that Describe the Earth
What’s the weather like? Ask a poet!
Poetry about weather and other aspects of Earth can be very descriptive. Giving a sense of the environment through their words, poets describe the planet in interesting ways. Explore the poems below, which describe aspects of nature, including clouds and weather. Each poem links to more information about the science of our planet.
Clouds
- The Cloud, by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- The Sky is Low, The Clouds Are Mean, by Emily Dickenson
- Fog, by Carl Sandburg
Rainstorms
- When the Sun Comes After Rain, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Rain, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Storm, by Alcaeus
Snowstorms
- Snowflakes, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Snow in Winter, by Peter Elias
- The Snow-Storm by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Dust of Snow, by Robert Frost
Wind
- Blow, blow, thou Winter Wind, by William Shakespeare
- Ode to the West Wind, by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- March, by Bayard Taylor
Other Nature Poetry
Last modified November 7, 2008 by Lisa Gardiner.
