I Left My Head

By Lilian Moore 1909–2004 Lilian Moore

I left my head

somewhere

today.

Put it down for

just

a minute.

Under the

table?

On a chair?

Wish I were

able

to say

where.

Everything I need

in it!

Lilian Moore, “I Left My Head” from See My Lovely Poison Ivy (New York: Atheneum, 1975). Copyright © 1975 by Lilian Moore. All Rights Renewed and Reserved. Used by permission of Marian Reiner.

Source: A Jar of Tiny Stars (1995)

Biography

Lilian Moore is an editor, educator, poet, and self-styled yarn-spinner who played a significant role in children's literature during the mid-to late twentieth century. As the first editor of the newly established Scholastic's Arrow Book Club from 1957 to 1967, Moore pioneered the program that made quality paperback books accessible and affordable for elementary school children throughout the United States. In addition, she has . . .

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