Find a poem / Georgia Heard -- Marilynn's Montessori memo / George Ella Lyon -- School poems / Charles Waters -- A poem to sneak onto the wall of a school lunchroom / Patricia Hubbell -- It's pink Friday / Heidi Bee Roemer -- Texto / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Pep talk / Janet Wong -- First wins / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- The hardware store / Michael Salinger -- Battling beams / Robyn Hood Black -- Ask a train operator / Bruce Ballard -- Nicknames in the NBA / J. Patrick Lewis -- Trickery / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Empty promises / Kristy Dempsey -- How to write a poem on your computer / Bob Raczka -- Cross words / Jane Yolen -- Today's thought problem / David Harrison -- Thinking about light with the dictionary open / Susan Marie Swanson -- Breaking, from Norway / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Book haunting / Lara Anderson -- Artist's advice / Amy Ludwig VanDerwater -- Places I'd love to Van Gogh someday / Bob Raczka -- We see with these / Robyn Hood Black -- Walden pond / Paul Janeczko -- Lake Haiku / Terry Webb Harshman -- Song of the earth / Joyce Sidman -- Just listen to the elders / Joseph Bruchac -- Land of nothing / J. Patrick Lewis -- Lawn talk / Avis Harley -- A bird poetry reading / J. Patrick Lewis -- Hummingbird / Juanita Havill -- In the nest / Beverly McLoughland -- Geese at night / Beverly McLoughland -- Weekday morning haiku / Sara Holbrook -- Hot-dogging / David Harrison -- Man's best friend / Kristine O'Connell George -- They don't want speeding tickets, so... / Laura Purdie Salas -- Year of the tiger / Marilyn Singer -- Top ten rules for our zoo field trip / Laura Purdie Salas -- The end and goodbye / Rebecca Kai Dotlich.