I’d like to be a water drop,
that’s what I’d like to be.
I’d float with other water drops
out in the wide blue sea.
Until, one warm and sunny day,
I’d rise into the sky.
You might say I’d evaporate,
but I’d say I would fly.
I’d fly with other water drops,
we’d soar in bath-warm air.
But soon we’d cool and we’d condense.
So what? I wouldn’t care.
I’d be together with my friends.
We’d be a big white cloud!
We’d look majestic in the sky.
I’m sure I would feel proud.
The wind would push us tenderly
across the sea to land.
I’d watch the water far below
lap gently on the sand.
But soon we’d reach the mountain range
and float up far too high.
The air would grow too cold for clouds!
We’d have to say goodbye.
Our cloud would have to break apart.
Each drop would meet their fate.
You’d either say we’d fall as rain,
or we’d precipitate.
Once on the ground I’d trickle down
until I reached a creek.
That creek would carry me toward
the bottom of the peak.
Our creek would merge with other creeks;
a river we would be.
We’d rush downhill past trees and fields
and flow into the sea.
My journey would be at an end.
I’d be where I’d begun.
But I could do it all again!
Now wouldn’t that be fun?
© Kristin Martin 2017
This poem is also in my poetry book, To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme? (Glimmer Press, 2019).
Fantastic poem Kristin! Such fun. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Dee!
I had a look at your website. Your photos are gorgeous!
Kristin
Hi Kristin
I really like this poem because i like the constant rhyming. also really like the topic you chose to write a poem on because without water in this world we would not be alive today.
Hi Vinuk,
Thanks for reading my poems and writing to me. Have you studied the water cycle at school? That’s what inspired this poem. If you ever learn about the water cycle in science, you can show your class my poem.
Kristin
nice poem
Thanks!
Hi Kristin,
This poem is so amazing! I think it would be fun to be a raindrop! How did you come to think about the topic of a raindrop? It is such a random topic! I loved it! You really gave me the perspective of a single raindrop! I can’t wait to read another poem! You always surprise me!
Love Clara
Hi Clara,
I’m glad you like the poem. I do too! I thought of the topic because I work part time as a teacher, and in science students learn about the water cycle. So I thought I’d write a poem about the water cycle from the point of view of a water drop.
Kristin
Hi Kristin!
I chose to read this poem because the title caught my attention and I really like water. I like how you have written this poem in the waters point of view. Your poem reminds me of another poem about a bird. While I was reading the poem I got an image of a water drop falling from the sky. I saw a little bit of personification in your poem. I’m not too sure if it rhymes or not.
From Brooke
Hi Brooke,
I love how much you thought about my poem. Have you studied the water cycle at school? This is my version of the water cycle, though it’s from the water drop’s point of view, and you’re absolutely right, it has personification in it. It does rhyme too.
What do you like about water? Do you like swimming in it?
Kristin
I love how you have written this from the perspective of a water drop. I never would’ve thought of that! This creative and descriptive piece of poetry was excellent and I would like to see more poems in a similar style to this.
Hi Chomilka,
I might have to think of another poem to write like this. Do you have any suggestions?
Kristin
Dear Kristen
That poem is very coo. I enjoyed the information it had about the water cycle. Why did you put this poem in the sky poem section?
From Thinara
Hi Thinara,
Clouds are in the sky, and a lot of the water cycle is in the sky, so that’s why it is in the sky section.
Kristin
I loved this poem because you used the whole water cycle and you also described it and you also used the correct word at the correct time.
Thanks Vinuk,
I got a friend of mine who is a year 6 teacher to check this poem for me, to make sure I got all my words and facts correct.
Kristin
Hi Kristin
I absolutely loved this poem. I loved how you were teaching the water cycle through humor, and poems. It was so great and I loved it so much because being a water droplet does sound quite fun!!
Tharusha
Thanks!
hi Kristin,
i loved this poem so much because it has fact and humor.
Thanks, Tharuja,
That is what I was hoping for.
Kristin
Hi Kristin
I liked how you explained he whole cycle of the water drop that goes though a really big adventure. Thanks for the great poem Kristin.
Hi Dinith,
Thanks, Dinith. I think this is the most educational poem I’ve written.
Kristin
hi Kristin,
i loved this poem so much its got fact,humor and its really cute!
(P.S UR POEM HAS MADE MY DAY SO FAR!!!)
Hi Madeline,
I’m so glad my poem made your day! I read this poem to my class last week (I am a teacher as well as a poet) as I explained the water cycle, and I could tell they were amazed. It was lovely.
Kristin
Hi Kristin
I would like to be a raindrop because of your poem , I liked all the rhymes you did in the poem and I learnt about the water cycle at school so, this poem recalled all the things.
Dinidu
Hi Dinidu,
Thank you! I would love my poem to be used when kids learn about the water cycle. You could show my poem to your teacher!
Kristin
Sure . I will.
sooo tru!
Hi Kristin
I loved this poem.
Good idea of making the water cycle into a poem.
Thanks Nuwin!
This poem was lots of fun to write.
Kristin
Being a raindrop sound fun!
🙂
Hi Kristin,
That was an amazing poem! I love how you rhymed every paragraph.
Mikayla
Thanks Mikayla,
Have you learnt about the water cycle at school?
Kristin
I would like like to fly up in the sky with my friends too bad I can’t.
You can do it in your imagination. 🙂
This poem is long and that is one thing I like about it. It’s beautiful. This poem made me want to be a raindrop! I had a lot of fun reading this. I like how you made up a story when you would become a cloud, then fall down and make a creek, then join with another one and make a river and lastly go into the Ocean.
Thisali
Hi Thisali,
Thanks for your lovely comment. Have you learnt about the water cycle at school? I preferred to explain the water cycle through a poem.
Kristin
I also want to be a water drop and I will make babies and give water to every animal and plant to live
That sounds lovely.
I like this poem it makes raindrops sound alive and it has a great description.
From Lysha
Thanks Lysha!
I would like to be a raindrop because you would feel so free!
Tharusha
Hi Kristin
I love this poem because with the description it kind of gives me a sense of freedom. What do you feel when you read this poem?
Tharusha
Hi Tharusha,
Freedom is a great word to describe the feeling of this poem!
Kristin
I love how this poem describes the water cycle in a very fun way!
Thanks Thenumi!
I love when you can listen to rain at night and when you can look at fluffy clouds in the day. I’ve always wished to jump of fluffy clouds. I also love your poem!
Thanks Nae!
I love those things too.
Kristin
“We’d rush downhill past trees and fields
and flow into the sea.
My journey would be at an end.
I’d be where I’d begun.
But I could do it all again!
Now wouldn’t that be fun?”
This bit of the poem is remindes me when my friends and I once went to the aquatic center and decided to use the water slides. We’d go one by one and splash into the pool. So that is when we have to climb out for the next person in line. Which always made us want to join the line again. That is like the journey for my freinds and I. I personally love this poem.
– Thisama
Hi Thisama,
Thamks for your lovely comment.
Kristin
Hi Thisama,
Thank you for your lovely comment. I’m glad my poem reminded you of such a fun day.
Kristin
I love this nice poem and all these words , ” I’d be together with my friends .we’d be a big white cloud”.
Hi Methuli,
Those are my favourite lines in the poem!
Kristin
I would not to be a water drop because people would drink me!
Tharinsa
That is a good point, Tharinsa!
If i was a water drop i would make a rainbow
Hi Ruby,
That’s a good idea! Are you going to write a poem about a water drop in a rainbow, or should I?
Kristin