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Impossible

Imagine a day without the sun. Imagine a circus Without any fun. Imagine ice cream At every meal. Imagine scrapes You can’t even feel. Imagine a train Without a track. Imagine a cat Whispering back. Imagine seconds Standing still, Imagine Jack Without a Jill. Imagine me— The oldest. © 2011 Elizabeth Ehrenfest Steinglass, all rights […]

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We

Who am I? I am me. I can swing. I climb trees.   Who are you? You are new? You can swing? You climb, too?   Let’s go and swing! Let’s climb a tree! Let’s go together— You and me.   © 2011 Elizabeth Ehrenfest Steinglass, all rights reserved

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Night Train

Sometimes late at night I hear a train whistle, Like a coyote howling   At a moon too far to fetch. I’ve never seen the tracks.I’ve never seen the train. Still I wonder who’s riding, And if they’ll ever reach What they’re wanting. © 2011 Elizabeth Ehrenfest Steinglass, all rights reserved

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School in Ideograms

S            The way I get from here to everywhere.            C            Maybe sometimes it looks like I’m not getting anywhere. H            Bridges between lines. Bridges all over the place.   O            Doors. Sometimes they’re open. Sometimes they’re not. O            My mouth, full of words and sounds.     Do you want to […]

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Poetry in Ideograms

P         a magnifying glass            held up to            anything O         an open eye,            a funnel conveying            words E         fingers grasping            or letting […]

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The Ants Invaded Kindergarten

The ants invaded Kindergarten When we went out to play. They ate our jelly crackers, And they threw our plates away. They sorted all the buttons Into black and brown and not. They must have moved the lizard ‘Cause he wasn’t in his spot. They painted with the green, But they seemed to use their […]

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Hyphae

Hyphae by TheAlphaWolf 2006  Fingers poking through the grass provide evidence of the beast below, a single fungal network holding the earth together. © 2011 Elizabeth Ehrenfest Steinglass,  all rights reserved

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Wolves in the Woods

I know there are no wolves in these cold woods, no bears, no foxes, no wolves, but I see the hiding places, fallen trees, small mounds of dirt, and branches just above my head. I see the darkness here, but I can’t see what’s hiding there. I hear the leaves erupt. I know it is […]

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Small Mammal

holding the creature in his hand the boy feels its eager heartbeat just as others have grasped his pulse in their larger hands © 2011 Elizabeth Ehrenfest Steinglass, all rights reserved

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