NPM 2024 - Book Spine Poem 22

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

Ten flashing fireflies

light up the night

counting the stars

dark on light

Small wonders

flip, float, fly

a sky full of poems

signals in the sky

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

Sources

• Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges, illustrations by Anna Vojtech
• Light Up the Night by Jean Reidy, illustrations by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
• Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrations by Raúl Colón
• Dark on Light by Dianne White, illustrations by Felicita Sala
• Small Wonders: Jean-Henri Fabre & His World of Insects by Matthew Clark Smith, illustrations by Giuliano Ferri
• Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move by JoAnn Early Macken, illustrations by Pam Paparone
• A Sky Full of Poems by Eve Merriam, illustrations by Walter Gaffney-Kessell
• Signals in the Sky by Candice Ransom

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.