The Place my words are looking for :
The Place my words are looking for : what poets say about and through their work /
- New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, �1990.
- 150 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
New moon / Eve Merriam -- Part I: Esme on her brother's bicycle / Russell Hoban -- Rider / Naomi Shihab Nye --Sidewalk racer or on the skateboard / Lillian Morrison -- At the playground / William Stafford -- Mosquito / J. Patrick Lewis -- I can't go back to school / Michael Patrick Heam -- Underwater wibbles / Jack Prelutsky -- We heard Wally wail / Jack Prelutsky -- There was a man / Phyllis Janowitz -- When my friends all moved away / Steven Kroll -- 74th street / Myra Cohn Livingston -- We could be friends / Myra Cohn Livingston -- Paragon / Bobbi Katz -- Games of night / Nancy Willard -- Pet rock / Cynthia Rylant -- I have a friend / Karla Kuskin -- What we might be, what we are / X.J. Kennedy -- Panteater / William Cole -- Story that could be true / William Stafford -- Suppose / Siv Cedering -- Speech class / Jim Daniels -- What I remember about the 6th grade / Mark Vinz -- Part II: Puzzled / Margaret Hillert -- Hot property / Ronald Wallace -- Famous / Naomi Shihab Nye -- One time / William Stafford -- Little girl's poem / Gwendolyn Brooks -- Computer / Gwendolyn Brooks -- New love / Eve Merriam -- Late / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Circles / Myra Cohn Livingston -- Enchantment / Joanne Ryder -- Yellow Sonnet / Paul Zimmer -- Forgotten / Cynthia Rylant -- Carousel / Julia Cunningham -- Short long story / Julia Cunningham -- Humming bird / Felice Holman -- White on white / Christine E. Hemp -- Spring thaw / Mark Vinz -- Black hair / Gary Soto -- Baseball cards #1 / Jim Daniels -- October Saturday / Bobbi Katz -- Bingo / Paul B. Janeczko -- Part III: Horses / Maxine Kumin -- How birds should die / Paul Zimmer -- Sea gull's eye / Russell Hoban -- Passenger pigeon / Paul Fleischman -- Like magic / Joanne Ryder -- Spruce Woods / A.R. Ammons -- Mike and Major / Cynthia Rylant -- Dog / Valerie Worth -- Po's garden / Ree Young -- Merry-go-round / Patricia Hubbell -- When it is snowing / Siv Cedering -- Icebox / John Updike -- Haunted house / Valerie Worth -- Hardware store as proof of the existence of J God / Nancy Willard -- Watering Trough / Maxine Kumin -- Deserted farm / Mark Vinz -- Part IV: Poem that got away / Felice Holman -- Roses and a tulip / Charlotte Pomerantz -- Write about a radish / Karla Kuskin -- Poem / Robert Currie -- Thoughts that were put into words / Karla Kuskin -- Burning bright / Lillian Morrison -- Valentine for Ernest Mann / Naomi Shihab Nye.
Thirty-nine United States poets share their poems, inspirations, thoughts, anecdotes, and memories.
0027476715 (lib. bdg.) 9780027476712 (lib. bdg.)
Children's poetry, American.
Poetry--Authorship--Juvenile literature.
Poetry--Juvenile literature.
Poets, American.
Poetry--Authorship.
Juvenile works.
PS586.3 / .P5 1990
811
New moon / Eve Merriam -- Part I: Esme on her brother's bicycle / Russell Hoban -- Rider / Naomi Shihab Nye --Sidewalk racer or on the skateboard / Lillian Morrison -- At the playground / William Stafford -- Mosquito / J. Patrick Lewis -- I can't go back to school / Michael Patrick Heam -- Underwater wibbles / Jack Prelutsky -- We heard Wally wail / Jack Prelutsky -- There was a man / Phyllis Janowitz -- When my friends all moved away / Steven Kroll -- 74th street / Myra Cohn Livingston -- We could be friends / Myra Cohn Livingston -- Paragon / Bobbi Katz -- Games of night / Nancy Willard -- Pet rock / Cynthia Rylant -- I have a friend / Karla Kuskin -- What we might be, what we are / X.J. Kennedy -- Panteater / William Cole -- Story that could be true / William Stafford -- Suppose / Siv Cedering -- Speech class / Jim Daniels -- What I remember about the 6th grade / Mark Vinz -- Part II: Puzzled / Margaret Hillert -- Hot property / Ronald Wallace -- Famous / Naomi Shihab Nye -- One time / William Stafford -- Little girl's poem / Gwendolyn Brooks -- Computer / Gwendolyn Brooks -- New love / Eve Merriam -- Late / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Circles / Myra Cohn Livingston -- Enchantment / Joanne Ryder -- Yellow Sonnet / Paul Zimmer -- Forgotten / Cynthia Rylant -- Carousel / Julia Cunningham -- Short long story / Julia Cunningham -- Humming bird / Felice Holman -- White on white / Christine E. Hemp -- Spring thaw / Mark Vinz -- Black hair / Gary Soto -- Baseball cards #1 / Jim Daniels -- October Saturday / Bobbi Katz -- Bingo / Paul B. Janeczko -- Part III: Horses / Maxine Kumin -- How birds should die / Paul Zimmer -- Sea gull's eye / Russell Hoban -- Passenger pigeon / Paul Fleischman -- Like magic / Joanne Ryder -- Spruce Woods / A.R. Ammons -- Mike and Major / Cynthia Rylant -- Dog / Valerie Worth -- Po's garden / Ree Young -- Merry-go-round / Patricia Hubbell -- When it is snowing / Siv Cedering -- Icebox / John Updike -- Haunted house / Valerie Worth -- Hardware store as proof of the existence of J God / Nancy Willard -- Watering Trough / Maxine Kumin -- Deserted farm / Mark Vinz -- Part IV: Poem that got away / Felice Holman -- Roses and a tulip / Charlotte Pomerantz -- Write about a radish / Karla Kuskin -- Poem / Robert Currie -- Thoughts that were put into words / Karla Kuskin -- Burning bright / Lillian Morrison -- Valentine for Ernest Mann / Naomi Shihab Nye.
Thirty-nine United States poets share their poems, inspirations, thoughts, anecdotes, and memories.
0027476715 (lib. bdg.) 9780027476712 (lib. bdg.)
Children's poetry, American.
Poetry--Authorship--Juvenile literature.
Poetry--Juvenile literature.
Poets, American.
Poetry--Authorship.
Juvenile works.
PS586.3 / .P5 1990
811