From our friends at the Portland Reading Council:
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Booktime
by Avis Harley
So many places to read a book-
bedroom
living room
kitchen nook
classroom
lunchroom
library
hall
bus stop
treetop
hilltop
mall
backyard
garden
patio
park
under
the sheets
in flash-lit
dark
teahouse
treehouse
subway
train
attic
camper
trailer
plane
seaside
lakeside
by a brook
Where do you like to read your book?
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Skateboarder
by Sara Holbrook
Wood pusher.
Curb jumper.
Helmet head.
I could be
sittin’ safe inside, instead
wrist guards,
kneepads,
scuffed-up jeans,
driveway tricks,
and half-pipe dreams.
Softened knees,
duck, jump, drop,
kick-it, big spin.
Hope! Believe.
Grabbing air,
ollie, slide.
Each rail, each ramp
a high-risk ride.
Practicing
first light ’til late.
Foot pumper.
Stair bumber.
Born to skate.