Day 10, Poetry Month

Uh oh, I missed yesterday as well. Today's poem is from the book Imaginary Menagerie: A Book of Curious Creatures, written by Julie Larios and illustrated by Julie Paschkis. Both of them live in Seattle and Julie Paschkis's illustration style may look familiar to users of the library since she did some work for last summer's summer reading program. Anyway, here is today's poem:

Mermaid

Listen to the waves

break on the shore--

half song, half roar.

Listen to the beach

answer back--

half cry, half laugh.

Underneath it all,

you might hear a splash,

you might hear a call,

or you might hear a sigh,

long and low.

What does she say,

part woman, part fish?

I wish . . . I wish . . .

Day 8, Poetry Month

I meant to post a poem every week day of the month but missed yesterday. Oops. Here's a poem for today from Douglas Florian's Insectlopedia.

The Praying Mantis
Upon a twig
I sit and pray
For something big
To wend my way:
A caterpillar,
Moth,
Or bee--
I swallow them
Religiously.