Footprints on the roof.
On the roof poems.
This pitter patter sound of the raindrops brings back lost memories of the poet about his mother and her affection towards him.
Here on a rainy day the poet is listening to the sound made on the roof by the falling raindrops.
The central idea of the poem rain on the roof is that nature brings solace to the mind.
The poet derives immense happiness from lying in bed listening to the sound of rain falling on the roof of his cottage.
Poems about the earth excerpt burrows.
From the roof poem by denise levertov.
The poem has been divided into three stanzas having eight lines each.
Lord i am poor and know not how to speakbut since thou art so greatthou needest not that i should speak to thee well.
From the title of the poem rain on the roof we can make out that the poem is about the rain.
A quiet giant leaving only footprints on the roof.
The memories are both sweet and sad.
The sound of rain appears to create bliss to the poet.
The poet is telling us about the memories he has of the rain.
Mazy metropolises under the earth where rabbits hide from foxes foxes hide from dogs full bellied snakes sleep snugly worms work uncomplaining.
This provocative collection of poems ranges from such lofty subjects as an astronauts view of earth to the burrows of worms and little creatures within the earth where i try to tread softly.
He is lost in dreams as many fancies and memories crowd his mind.
Introduction to the poem.
Footprints on the roof.
Down below the priest.
Then my little seraph sister with her wings and waving hair.
Now in fancy comes my mother as she used to years agone to survey her darling dreamers ere she left them till the dawn.
By coates kinney.
Poems about the earth.
When the rain is on the roof poem by sydney thompson dobell.
Was a small blond boy.
This wild night gathering the washing as if it were flowers n bsp.
Out in the country i walk across towns i ll never see.
Was praying aloud pleading with god asking him to keep.
They ease him as well as make him sad.
Rain on the roof written by coates kinney is a thoughtful poem in which the poet expresses his thoughts and past memories when the rain pours over his house.
I see her bending o er me as i list to this refrain which is played upon the shingles by the patter of the rain.
This small boy from falling down from his church.
The sound of the raindrops falling on the roof of his house brings back sweet memories of the past.
Rain on the roof.
Up on the roof of a church.
And a black and white kitten.
