For National Poetry Month this year, I am perusing my bookshelves and building book spine poems.
Sky scrape, city scape
come with me
A city is
home to me
New York
Hello, hello!
Here I am
home, sweet home
Poem ©Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024. All rights reserved.
Sources
- Sky Scrape/City Scape: Poems of City Life by Jane Yolen, illustrations by Ken Condon
- Come With Me: Poems For a Journey by Naomi Shihab Nye, images by Dan Yaccarino
- A City Is by Norman Rosten, illustrations by Melanie Hope Greenberg
- Home to Me: Poems Across America, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrations by Stephen Alcorn
- New York (State Shapes) by Erik Bruun, illustrations by Rick Peterson
- Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel
- Here I Am by Patti Kim, pictures by Sonia Sánchez
- Home, Sweet Home: What Makes a House a Home? by Moira Butterfield, illustrations by Clair Rossiter
At some point, I hope you will write a process post.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe you are saving that for the BOOK YOU WILL WRITE IN WHICH THESE ARE COLLECTED ALONG WITH A MASSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY!!!! (hint hint, sorry/not sorry for yelling)