Tree
"Tree." Copyright © 1978 by Nikki Grimes. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Source: Self-published by Nikki Grimes. (Self-published, 1978)
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Poet Nikki Grimes
Subjects Nature, Winter, Trees & Flowers
Poetic Terms Haiku
Biography
Nikki was born in Harlem in 1950. At the age of 13, she gave her first
poetry reading, at the Countee Cullen Library, a block away from where she was born. She has won numerous awards, including the 2003 Coretta Scott King Award, given each year by the American Library Association to an African-American author and illustrator “for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions.” In 2006, she won the National Council . . .
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SUBJECT Nature, Winter, Trees & Flowers
Poetic Terms Haiku
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