Week+8+Poem


 * May 2

Thank you thank you thank you for showing me all the books of cat poems and all the books that tell a story in poems. I never knew a writer could do that --- tell a whole story in poems. I already read the one by Mr. Robert Cormier (alive?) and next by my bed is that dust book by Ms. Karen Hesse (alive?) and underneath that one is the Essie and Amber one by Ms. Vera B. Williams (alive?) and on my bulletin board is a list you gave me of so many poets whose books I can read and also on my bulletin board is the funny poem-picture of the cat chair by Mr. Chris Raschka (alive?) and that poem by Mr. Lee Bennett Hopkins (alive?) about growing up to be a writer. I now have a treasure of words in my room.

From //Hate that Cat// by Sharon Creech ||

The Cat Chair from Mr. Chris Raschka's collection of concrete poetry, //A Poke in the I.// Mr. Chris Raschka (alive?) Yes, so far so good. The young poet in Creech's book is always curious if his favorite poets are alive. In Creech's first book in this series, //Love That Dog//, this same budding young poet writes to Walter Dean Myers, the poet of his favorite poem, with impressive results -- Myers visits his class! No wonder then he's most interested in live poets. ||