For my three favorite poems Sadie Lydia Gabriel with endless gratitude to Sheila Nan Cindy For Allie Tyler Scarlett and Genevieve my nieces and nephew sb
table of Little Yellow House 6 I Love to Draw 8 Skeleton Song 10 a spider way of thinking 12 Three Hearts and No Bones at All 14 polka dot song 16 afterschool 18 I Don't Need a Poem 20 You Speak Violets 22 My Cars Never Sleep 24
contents Penelope's Birthday 26 Owl Secrets 28 Climbing Shadows 29 The Envelope 30 When She Grows Up 32 Dreaming Upside Down 34 The Snow Is Melting 36 Darkness Looks Like My Mom 38 Eleanor's Poem 40 A Question for Choying 42 Author's Note 44
