"Nye at her engaging, insightful best." --Kirkus Reviews (starred
review)
Acclaimed poet and Young People's Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye
shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water
bottles to those less fortunate, in this collection of more than eighty
original and never-before-published poems. A deeply moving, sometimes
funny, and always provocative poetry collection for all ages.
"How much have you thrown away in your lifetime already? Do you ever
think about it? Where does this plethora of leavings come from? How long
does it take you, even one little you, to fill the can by your desk?"
?Naomi Shihab Nye
National Book Award Finalist, Young People's Poet Laureate, and devoted
trash-picker-upper Naomi Shihab Nye explores these questions and more in
this original collection of poetry that features more than eighty new
poems. "I couldn't save the world, but I could pick up trash," she says
in her introduction to this stunning volume.
With poems about food wrappers, lost mittens, plastic straws, refugee
children, trashy talk, the environment, connection, community,
responsibility to the planet, politics, immigration, time, junk mail,
trash collectors, garbage trucks, all that we carry and all that we
discard, this is a rich, engaging, moving, and sometimes humorous
collection for readers ages twelve to adult.
Includes ideas for writing, recycling, and reclaiming, and an index.
