Poem
By Eileen Spinelli
Arctic tundra,
Arctic tundra,
How does your garden grow?
With lupine seeds
And fireweeds
And bearberries …
Arctic tundra,
How does your garden grow?
With lupine seeds
And fireweeds
And bearberries …
Audience
Children
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says Gran, like she always does,
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guarding what's inside:
bound gems to open,
endless words that sparkle.
I read till… - Poem
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By Cecelia TauntonSomething will change every day.
I moved six times. I felt like I was traveling.
But something will … - Poem
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A child wonders, Where’s my moon?
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By Caroline Laganas1 berry-stained month of summer
1 grandmother
2 cups flour
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
½… - PoemBy Richard BrautiganI saw thousands of pumpkins last night
come floating in on the tide,
bumping up against the rocks and
rolling… - PoemBy Leah Naomi GreenTake all summer,
your ember from the sun,
its walking meditation. Store it in small
vaults of light to … 
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toward summer the young goldfinches
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Caterpillar in a hurry,
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this world
a whole lot
brighter
when
I
grow up
I'll
be
a writer.
I'll
write about
some things
I know—
how to bunt
how to throw . . .
... - PoemBy Frances Ellen Watkins HarperWelcome children of the Spring,
In your garbs of green and gold,
Lifting up your sun-crowned heads
On the verdant plain and wold.
As a bright and joyous troop
From the breast of earth ye came
Fair and lovely are your cheeks,
With... 
- PoemBy Ralph Waldo EmersonThe mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel;
And the former called the latter ‘Little Prig.’
Bun replied,
‘You are doubtless very big;
But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together,
To make up a year
And a sphere.
And I think it no disgrace
To...