Meribeth C. Shank reviews books for young people, writes picture books, has taught adult classes on Writing Books for Young People, has worked in Media Centers, Libraries, and bookstores, and earned her MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College and her undergraduate degree in elementary education from Goshen College.
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Monday, July 28, 2014
A Word (Monday Poem)
by Emily Dickinson
A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.
from Whisper and Shout: Poems to Memorize edited by Patrice Vecchione, 2002, Cricket Books
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