More opposites / Richard Wilbur. Is it robin o'clock? / from March / by Emily Dickinson -- José in spring: la primavera / Jorge Torres -- Spring / Prince Redcloud -- Rain dance / Bobbi Katz from April rain song / Langston Hughes -- Let's count the raindrops / Alan Benjamin -- Rain / Anonymous -- Teresa's red adidas / Paul B. Janeczko -- Jump rope jingle / Traditional -- from Sidewalk singer / Monica Kulling -- from The last day of school / Patricia Hubbell -- The key / Arnold Lobel -- from Kite caper / Monica Kulling -- The octopus / X. J. Kennedy -- José in summer: el verano / Jorge Torres -- from Sea shell / Amy Lowell -- The sea / Anonymous -- August ice cream cone poem / Paul B. Janeczko -- Summer / Myra Cohn Livingston -- from Mathematickles! / Betsy Franco -- from The lawn sprinkler / Constance Levy -- Butterfly / Benjamin Franklin -- The praying mantis / Douglas Florian -- Caterpillars / Aileen Fisher -- José in fall: el otoño / Jorge Torres -- Happy apple / Anonymous -- from Jumps about / George Barker -- The taste of purple / Leland Jacobs -- Swallow / Christina Rossetti -- The aspen tree / Bobbi Katz -- Sunset / Lilian Moore -- Three ghostesses / Anonymous -- Skeleton parade / Jack Prelutsky -- Rags / Judith Thurman -- from "Macbeth" song of the witches / William Shakespeare -- Making a house / Josephine Preston Peabody -- José in winter: il invierno / Jorge Torres -- from The night chant / Navajo Tribe -- A winter thought / Bobbi Katz -- from Winter morning / Ogden Nash -- Read this with gestures / John Ciardi -- from More opposites / Richard Wilbur.
Summary:
Presents an additional collection of poems short enough to be carried in one's pocket, by such authors as Patricia Hubbell, Emily Dickinson, Amy Lowell, Alan Benjamin, Jorge Torres, and Ogden Nash.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.