Mary lent me a nice children's book called, Morning, Noon, and Night: Poems To Fill Your Day selected by Sharon Taberski and illustrated by Nancy Doniger (c) 1996 Mondo Publishing . Here are some of the poems I like in this collection.


Lunchbox


They always

End up

Fighting --


The soft

Square

Sandwich,


The round

Heavy

Apple.

- by Valerie Worth


Pencils

Every word in your
pencil
is fearless Ready to walk
the blue tightrope lines
Ready
to teeter and smile
down Ready to come right out
and show you
thinking!

- by Barbara Juster Esbensen

Cat Kisses

Sandpaper kisses
on a cheek or a chin --
that is the way
for a day to begin!

Sandpaper kisses --
a cuddle, a purr.
I have an alarm clock
that's covered with fur.

- by Bobbi Katz