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Award-winning Minnesota children's author Laura Purdie Salas is the author of more than 125 children's books (mostly nonfiction and poetry). She loves to visit schools and speak to educators and writers.

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Meditation class

Legs pretzeled,

fingers circled,

Mind

free

of clutter.

(c) Charles Waters 2015 all rights reserved.

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Growing red in-the-face
and fat on-the-bottom
from sitting and staring
at calculus problems.

by ellie

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Munchkins gathered on the square,

admiring one another's hair.

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Directions span from here to the moon–
we read and ruminate.
Who will begin?

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Late News by Linda Baie

   

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Late News by Linda Baie

   

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Field’s open,

candidate crop

grows

like Iowa corn.

slight differences

in the tasting.

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A council of clowns met to plan a dance.

They forgot nothing—except their pants!

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Eight Humpty Dumptys

Sitting on a wall

practicing 4-way stops

a not-so-simple protocol.

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Both teams must yield The referees sit down for teas And picnic on the field

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If you wait your turn

and you're polite,

you'll find this game

a big delight.

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not scrambled
or fried
nor sunny side up
calling me friend
invited to
play soccer

Poem By Jessica Bigi