Poem ©Robyn Hood Black; Illustration ©Alyssa Nassner. All rights reserved.
Greetings! Unless you are checking in today from the Western edges of the US (or another country), you are likely tapping a keyboard with fingerless gloves and peering out from under a toboggan! I hope you have a cuppa something warm close by.
NEXT week, our special guest here at Life on the Deckle Edge will be...
(drumroll, please.......)
LEE BENNETT HOPKINS!
Lee will kindly drop by to share a peek behind the scenes of his brand-new poetry collection, LULLABY AND KISSES SWEET - Poems to Love with your Baby, illustrated by Alyssa Nassner. The official release date is March 3, from Abrams Appleseed. The casebound board book features 30 original poems from 27 poets. [I'm beyond delighted to be one (!), along with other familiar faces from our Poetry Friday community.]
No spoilers - we'll dive in deeply next week. In the meantime, I'm grateful to share my poem above, featured in the section, "Food."
Milk
by Robyn Hood Black
Grandma holds my sippy cup.
Daddy helps me pour.
I love my milk each morning
But
I love them even more.
©Robyn Hood Black. All rights reserved.
[Can't wait for next Friday? Click here here for the Publishers Weekly review.]
Raising a cup of steaming coffee - no, Milk! - to the warm and wonderful Linda at Teacher Dance as she rounds up Poetry Friday this week. Stay cozy! And see you here next week....