Poetry Month - a friend interviewed

[Rita]

My dear friend from HS, Deborah Ruddell, author of children's books. was interviewed today on "The Miss Rumphius Effect" blog, in honor of National Poetry Month.

If you have little ones, grandkids, or in any way love children's books, check out hers.
The Miss Rumphius Effect: Poetry Makers - Deborah Ruddell
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The Woodpecker

If you think that his life is a picnic,
a seesawing day at the park,
I ask you just once to consider
the aftertaste
of bark.
- Deborah Ruddell

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[scooterbug44]

If you think that his life is a picnic,
a seesawing day at the park,
I ask you just once to consider
the aftertaste
of bark.
- Deborah Ruddell

:rofl:

 

[DuneLaker]

Very nice. Who was that guy that always ate bark?

 

[scooterbug44]

The woodpecker!