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Poetry Friday: Nest, Nook & Cranny (Susan Blackaby)

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I’ve been reading lots of animal and nature poetry books for kids lately, and here’s a poem from Nest, Nook & Cranny, by Susan Blackaby, illustrated with charcoal drawings by Jamie Hogan (Charlesbridge, 2010). These are poems about different habitats and the lives led in them. Here’s one I love:

Salmon swim in river homes,
Under bridges, over stones,
Through cool pools in muted shadows,
Into sun-drenched, silver shallows.

Where the banks rise high and steep,
The water falls, the salmon leap.
Where the river stretches wide,
Salmon slowly drift and glide.

Salmon flash past hidden snags,
Skipping ripples, dodging crags.
Twirling, whirling, rushing free,
Swimming, homebound, from the sea.

–Susan Blackaby, all rights reserved

Irene Latham has the Poetry Friday roundup at Live, Love, Explore today. Enjoy!
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