April is National Poetry Month / Avril est La Mois Nationale de la Poésie

April is Poetry Month. "In Time of Silver Rain" by Langston Hughes

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From the Unitarian Universalist hymnal “Singing The Living Tradition”

In Time Of Silver Rain

In time of silver rain

The earth puts forth new life again,

Green grasses grow

And flowers lift their heads,

And over all the plain

The wonder spreads

  Of Life,

  Of Life,

  Of life!

In time of silver rain

The butterflies lift silken wings

To catch a rainbow cry,

And trees put forth new leaves to sing

In joy beneath the sky

As down the roadway

Passing boys and girls

Go singing, too,

  In time of silver rain When spring

  And life

  Are new.

by Langston Hughes (Source: All Poetry)

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Maple Syrup / Le Sirop d'Érable

Le sirop d'érable est déjà dans la bouilloire

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Salmon Arm Families are trying it in their back yards too!

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