by Deborah Ruddell
Lift my chunky syllables,
my pound of nouns,
by burly verbs.
Raise me above your head,
feel the quiet weight
of words.
from Jumping Off the Library Shelves: A Book of Poems
selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
illustrated by Jane Manning
2015, WordSong
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