Nature Table - Poetry Ireland

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Nature Table I’ll bring in a yellow flower with its face turned to the sky I’ll bring in cool rain for the thirsty earth I’ll bring in late sunshine and stars at midnight in June I’ll bring in a reed to sing of wet places I’ll bring in the sand between my toes from a long hot summer I’ll bring in a white cloud to lower the sky I’ll bring in a twig that remembers a storm I’ll bring in a holly bush with the sharp breath of winter I’ll bring in a sleeping bulb with the promise of spring Thursday 27 April 2017 WWW.POETRYDAY.IE #POETRYDAYIRL From Hopscotch in the Sky, a collection of poems for children by Lucinda Jacob, illustrated by Lauren O’Neill (published by Little Island and Poetry Ireland). Available to pre-order from www.littleisland.ie

Transcript of Nature Table - Poetry Ireland

Page 1: Nature Table - Poetry Ireland

Nature TableI’ll bring in a yellow flowerwith its face turned to the sky

I’ll bring in cool rainfor the thirsty earth

I’ll bring in late sunshine and stars at midnight in June

I’ll bring in a reedto sing of wet places

I’ll bring in the sand between my toesfrom a long hot summer

I’ll bring in a white cloudto lower the sky

I’ll bring in a twigthat remembers a storm

I’ll bring in a holly bushwith the sharp breath of winter

I’ll bring in a sleeping bulbwith the promise of spring

Thursday 27 April 2017WWW.POETRYDAY.IE #POETRYDAYIRL

From Hopscotch in the Sky, a collection of poems for children by Lucinda Jacob, illustrated by Lauren O’Neill (published by Little Island and Poetry Ireland).

Available to pre-order from www.littleisland.ie

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The Dream of a Plastic BagThe plastic bag in the gutterlooked up at the moonand said, ‘Yes,I’d rather be a balloon.

‘Perhaps if I could berounder, puffier, stronger,tighter, airier,just a lovelier vision of me …’

A breath, a gust of airbounced it along the pavement,lifted it, bobbing and tumblinglightly along the wall top

and away into the night sky.

WWW.POETRYDAY.IE #POETRYDAYIRL

From Hopscotch in the Sky, a collection of poems for children by Lucinda Jacob, illustrated by Lauren O’Neill (published by Little Island and Poetry Ireland).

Available to pre-order from www.littleisland.ie

Thursday 27 April 2017