Poem of the Day: Zap, Zap (by Joanne Ryder)

I love books that combine poetry with nonfiction, and Toad by the Road (Henry Holt, 2007) is a great example of that. Joanne Ryder wrote the poems and Maggie Kneen did the lovely, detailed illustrations.

Here’s one of my favorites:

Zap, Zap

My tongue is a tool–
Far better than most–
For catching my breakfast,
Though I shouldn’t boast.
It’s long and it’s swift
And it’s covered with goo.
I flick it at cricket
And stick him with glue.

–Joanne Ryder, all rights reserved