I Heard It from Alice Zucchini - Juanita Havill

POETRY
Poems about the Garden
Illustrated by Christine Davinier
2006
$15.95
Rating: 4
Endpapers: Garden, shed, tree, pen and ink with watercolor washes

Twenty clever poems about growing things -- using fabulous words and all sorts of literary pluses - alliteration, personification, punctuation of every kinds......take a look and see:

Carrots

What does a carrot know,
smothered in dirt below?

Songs of worms,
tap-tapping rains,
the smell of earth,
and growing pains.

What else does a carrot know,
alone in the dark, below?

Sound of boots,
thud of hoe,
a gentle tug ---
it’s time to go.

Garden Lullaby

Sudden hush when the sun goes down.
Night in the garden and the soothing sound
of crickets chirping lullabies.

Sweet dreams, little peas, ten to a pod.
Good night, radishes, tucked under sod.
Gone are the bees and butterflies.

Heads of lettuce wilted by sun
recuperate when the day is done.
Closed are all the potatoes’ eyes.

Tomatoes snooze and eggplants doze.
All is still while the moonlight glows
save crickets chirping lullabies.

Instructions

Plant seeds early in the spring
when the ground is warm,
two inches deep in well-tilled soil
where they’ll be safe from harm.

Let the sun and rain pour down.
Be careful where you hoe.
A miracle is taking place;
Seeds split and start to grow.