I Am The Book

I'll be your friend, stay by your side, contradict you, make you laugh or teary-eyed
On a sun-summer morning.

I'll spark you, help you sleep, bring dreams you'll forever keep
On a dappled-autumn afternoon.

I'll warm you, keep you kindled, dazzle you till storms have dwindled
On a snow-flaked winter evening.

I'll plant in you a spring-seedling with bursting life while you are reading.

 I am the book you are needing.

Poem by Tom Robert Shields
Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins for the book Wonderful Words

MLB, Opening Day

A baseball poem from the poetry collection for children called Sports! Sports! Sports!, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins.

Fly Balls

I am like a spider,
So it's fly balls that I love.
For I catch them when they're buzzing,
In the webbing of my glove.

Coming Soon - Poetry Month!

Begun in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month is celebrated each year in April. I know it is yet a few weeks away, but I could not resist and today began compiling a list of poetry resources. These are some of my favorite poetry Web sites.

Poets.org
Library of Congress: Poetry
Poetry Foundation
Favorite Poem Project
Poetry 180
Scholastic Celebrates National Poetry Month

Do you have any to add?