NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 11

For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.

Today's poem is a little different. This is my attempt at using book titles to fashion a "Where I'm From" poem in the style of George Ella Lyons. You will see it is created in a series of book stack stanzas, using the same title to begin each one. I hope you learn a little about me, as this is an autobiographical poem. 

I'm from

Children of the Great Depression

the button box

the hard-times jar

earn it

save it

waiting is not easy

I'm from

chalk

kitchen science

handsprings

summersaults

messing around on the monkey bars

I'm from

gone fishing

toasting marshmallows

a walk in the woods

follow the moon home

finding wonders

the pebble in my pocket

I'm from

four seasons make a year

love that dog

let me fix you a plate

museum trip

there's a map on my lap

are we there yet?

I’m from

that’s a possibility

count on me

we all play

ALL are welcome

friends beyond measure

Where are you from?

Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.

Sources

• I'm From by Gary R. Gray, Jr., pictures by Oge Mora
• Children of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman
• The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid, illustrations by Sarah Chamberlain
• The Hard-Times Jar by Ethel Footman Smothers, illustrations by John Holyfield
• Earn It!: A Moneybunny Book by Cinders McLeod 
• Save It!: A Moneybunny Book by Cinders McLeod 
• Waiting Is Not Easy!-An Elephant and Piggie Book by Mo Willems
• Chalk by Bill Thomson
• Kitchen Science by Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone 
• Handsprings by Douglas Florian
• Summersaults by Douglas Florian
• Messing Around on the Monkey Bars: and Other School Poems for Two Voices by Betsy Franco, illustrations by Jessie Hartland 
• Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse by Tamera Will Wissinger, illustrations by Matthew Cordell 
• Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems by Kristine O'Connell George, illustrations by Kate Kiesler 
• A Walk in the Woods by Nikki Grimes, illustrations by Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney 
• Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau and Deborah Hopkinson, illustrations by Meilo So
• Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science by Jeannine Atkins
• The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth by Meredith Hooper, illustrations by Chris Coady 
• Four Seasons Make a Year by Anne Rockwell, illustrations by Megan Halsey 
• Love That Dog by Sharon Creech 
• Let Me Fix You a Plate: A Tale of Two Kitchens by Elizabeth Lilly
• Museum Trip by Barbara Lehman
• There's a Map on My Lap! All About Maps (The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) by Tish Rabe, illustrations by Aristides Ruiz 
• Are We There Yet? by Dan Santat
• That's a Possibility!: A Book About What Might Happen by Bruce Goldstone
• Count on Me by Miguel Tanco
• We All Play by Julie Flett 
• All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold, illustrations by Suzanne Kaufman
• Friends Beyond Measure by Lalena Fisher
• Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez, illustrations by Jaime Kim

I hope you'll come back again to see what new poem I've cobbled together. You can find all the poems I've written this month on the Book Spine Poems page.