| Description |
xv, 190 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and index. |
| Contents |
Section I. Messages. To manage ; Aurora borealis ; Propriety ; Big Bend Nationa Park says no to all walls ; Time's low note ; Bully ; Invocation ; Bamboo mind ; Cross the sea ; To abies ; Songbook ; Unsung--on finding ; Bundle ; Little lady, little nugget brooms ; Welcome what comes ; What happens next ; Everything changes the world ; Standing back ; Three hundred goats ; Lost people ; Broken ; Twilight -- Section II. Voices in the air. For Aziz ; Sheep by the sea, a painting by Rosa Bonheur (1865) ; Emily ; Warbler Woods ; Gratitude pillow ; Life loves ; Getting over it ; Conversations with Grace Paley, Flight of the mind writing workshop, Oregon ; Showing up ; For Caroline M. ; Tomorrow ; After listening to Paul Duncan, Ireland ; We will get lost in you ; James Tate in Jerusalem ; Train across Texas ; Longfellow's bed ; Walt Whitman's revisions ; "Rest and be kind, you don't have to prove anything" ; Pease pilgrim's pocket ; C. D. stepped out ; True success ; Woven by air, texture of air ; Tell us all the gossip you know ; Every day ; One state My name is ... ; Invitation to the NSA ; Double peace ; Break the worry cocoon ; The tent ; Please sit down ; For the birds : Bowing candles : Black car -- Section III. More worlds. Mountains ; Oh, say can you see ; Anti-inaugural ; I vote for you ; Belfast ; Summer ; A lonely cup of coffee ; Reading obituaries on the day of the giant moon ; To Jamyla Bolden of Ferguson, Missouri ; Your answering machine, after your death ; Ring ; Hummingbird ; Next time ask more questions ; In transit ; Zen boy ; Where do poets find images? ; Cell phone tower disguised as a tree ; Before I was a Gazan ; Morning ablution ; What do Palestinians want? ; Arabs in Finland ; Ladders in repose ; The gift ; Voodoo spoons ; Barbershop ; Getaway car, United States ; "Little brother shot playing with pistol" ; Momonet of relief ; unbelievable things ; Airport life ; Texas, out driving ; Missing the boat, take two ; All we will not know ; Loving working ; Stars over Big Bend ; United ; Reserved for poets ; Her father still watching ; Small basket of happiness -- Biographical notes. |
| Summary |
"Ninety-five poems pay tribute to essential voices past and present that have the power to provoke us, lead us, and give us hope" -- Provided by publlisher. |
| Audience |
NP Lexile |
| Note |
NP Lexile |
| Subject |
Children's poetry, American -- Juvenile literature.
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Inspiration -- Juvenile poetry.
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Hope -- Juvenile poetry.
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American poetry -- Juvenile literature.
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| ISBN |
9780062691842 (hardcover) |
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