By Kimberly Blaeser
We all have the same little bones in our foot
twenty-six with funny names like navicular.
Together they…
twenty-six with funny names like navicular.
Together they…
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- By Suma SubramaniamI come from a country so far away
that you may have visited only in your dreams.
My face does not bear… - By Suma SubramaniamYou cannot pronounce my name.
“Soor-ya.” Not “soar.”
Surya—the sun god.
Mom always tells me that a smile… - By Padma VenkatramanThey ignored the new boy,
snickering behind his back.
In silence, I stayed safe.
My lips pressed together… - By Margarita EngleMad has decided to catch a vulture,
the biggest bird she can find.
She is so determined, and so inventive… - By Eileen Spinelli“I'm so—”
I start to apologize,
but Albert laughs.
“It's not my birthday,”
he says.
I'm confused.
“It… - By David L. HarrisonGather 'round, ye scurvy mates,I'm signing on a crew.You there! Can ye tie a knot?Ye’ll do.I…
- By JonArno LawsonHe laughed with a laugh
that he wished was his laugh,
but everyone knew it wasn’t.
When he laughed … - By David L. HarrisonTonight's your lucky night, boys.
Look what I fixed for you!
Stood all day in the burning sun
to make… - By Christine Lynn MahoneyKatie kissed me!
Yuck, it's true!
My face took on a greenish hue!
My knees, like jelly, started shaking… - By Shel SilversteinWhen I am gone what will you do?
Who will write and draw for you?
Someone smarter—someone new?
Someone… - By Sherman AlexieMy mother sends me a black-and-white
photograph of her and my father, circa
1968, posing with two Indian… - By John AshberyThe room I entered was a dream of this room.
Surely all those feet on the sofa were mine.
The oval portrait… - By Georgia Douglas JohnsonYour world is as big as you make it.
I know, for I used to abide
In the narrowest nest in a corner,… - By Edward LearI
On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
The Quangle Wangle sat,
But his face you could not see,
On account… - By Harry GrahamBilly, in one of his nice new sashes,
Fell in the fire and was burned to ashes;
Now, although the room… - By Phil BolstaThe monsters in my closet
Like to sleep the day away.
So when I get home from school,
I let them out… - By J. Patrick LewisBenny said
To Ruby Lee,
“M-A-R-R-Y M-E!”
Ruby said,
To Benny,
“Ben, wouldn't
That be F-U-N?”
Benny …