Poetry and Pictures - Weather

American artist Albert Bierstadt painted landscapes of the western United States during the nineteenth century. He was a part of the Hudson River School, a group of painters who painted in a style that is sometimes called Luminism. In the center of the valley in this painting there is a low stratus cloud also called fog. There are some stratocumulus in the upper right.
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April

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But just what words?

We'd like to invite you to submit your own poem about this month's featured Weather image. Be as creative and expressive as you can! And check back next month to write another wonderful poem about a weather image.

Clouds of Purity
by Emilyrose, age 11, Pennsylvania/USA

Clouds of vapor
Full with Purity and puff
Its earthy mist is never enough
Until it washes away the grey and sin
And comes away with a rainbow of kin
Watering the sprouting
Rejuvenating the old
Told with a sprinkle of the mouth
Like rain
Clouds please never lain

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