POETRY SAMPLER

Here are some links to some of my poems on the web and a changing sample of my poems. The poems printed here are all under copyright and can not be used without permission.

Mudlark Poster

Use of Great Blue Heron in ecology education.

OSPREY
A Poem by Jane Yolen

Perch lover,

Wind hover,

Air beater,

Fish eater,

Strike in the water,

And carry the prey home.

 

Egg bearer,

Nest carer,

Strong breeder,

Young feeder,

Strike in the water,

And carry the prey home.

 

©2004 by Jane Yolen, from FINE FEATHERED FRIENDS, Boyds Mills Press

 

Five Tips On Writing A Poem

1. Look at the world through metaphor,
seeing one tree in terms of another.

2. Let two words bump up against another
Or seesaw on a single line.

3. Tell the truth inside out
Or on the slant.

4. Remember that grammar can be a good friend
And a mean neighbor.

5. Let the poem rhyme in the heart,
Though not always on the page.

© 1999 Jane Yolen, published in The Atlanta Journal

Anhinga After Swimming

Imagine wet shirt,
An invisible line,
Shoulder to shoulder
Across the damp spine.

The wind swiftly blowing
Until the shirt's dry.
You put it on slowly--
Then--take off and fly.

© 2002 published in WILD WINGS (Boyds Mills Press)

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