“The Man in the Rain”
Melissa
Cathedral Basilica School
"The Man in the Rain" by Melissa Cathedral Basilica School This video was taken at the 2011 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest Winner Event in St. Louis, MO. Read the poems of every 7GP winner at www.7gp.org. The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP) is transforming young lives and their classrooms through writing.
The rain is pounding
on the windowpane.
The man outside holds a cane.
He walks through the rain-made puddles
splashing as he goes.
The rain comes harder
and he disappears.
Now where did he go?
To go do his will
and make his final call?
Well, we’ll never know.