CPITS POETRY ANTHOLOGIES

CALIFORNIA POETS IN THE SCHOOLS STATEWIDE ANTHOLOGIES

	RICE You are clouds all packed up into your skins. You are beautiful diamonds. You are little white stones on the ocean floor. You are cool, soft dreams that we have at night. You are magical flowers that grow in the field. You are the lighted moon that we see at night. You are an everlasting hope for survival. You are the petals of a forbidden daisy. You are the only snow we might see in the desert. — Elise Cowan, 5th Grade Cabrillo Elementary School, San Francisco Claudia Dudley, Poet-Teacher Snow We Might See in the Desert (1992)
HOW LOVE BEGINS Love begins when you feel your heart spinning in the deepest places Love begins when you hear songs going on and on like the wind Love begins when you see butterflies fluttering over the mountains Love begins when you feel like you are under Yosemite Falls the wet grass in your hand — Lauren Barcelon, 5th Grade Anthony Chabot School, Oakland Judyth Collin, Poet-Teacher Remembering What Happened (1991)		AM I REAL? Am I real? I said to myself as I pushed my bike up the long steep driveway or am I a kid on a T.V. screen or a sketch by Van Gogh or am I in the longest dream ever dreamt? Suddenly a bird woke my silence I watched it flutter from tree to tree That is real, I said to myself That is real — Felicia Gealy, 6th Grade Mendocino Middle School, Karin Faulkner, Poet-Teacher Waiting to Move the Mountain (1994)
Book Order Form ___ Please send me more information on CPITS. ___ I like to sponsor a poet residency for our school. ___ I like to volunteer. Please contact me. ___ I like to order the following CPITS Statewide Anthology: TITLE (year): PRICE ___ A Tree in the Sky (1995) $10.95 ___ Waiting to Move the Mountain (1994) $10.95 ___ On the Other Side of that Window (1993) $10.95 ___ Snow We Might See in the Desert (1992) $10.95 ___ Unborn Dreams: L.A. Riot Poems (1992) $5.00 ___ Remembering What Happened (1991) $8.95 ___ A Chant a Mile Long (1990) $7.95 (Please include sales tax & shipping: $2/one book; 50¢/additional books) Please make checks payable to: California Poets in the Schools 1333 Balboa Street, Suite #3 San Francisco, California 94118 or Call us: (415) 221-4201