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Brian Moses
Wish
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Wish
Clasp in your handthe single black feather
left in your garden
as a gift from a crow.
Whisper the words
that you learned from the wind.
Find dragonfly spit
and a snake’s shed skin.
Find a flower’s heartbeat
And the moon’s lost silver.
Now gather them together
with the crow’s black feather ...
and wish ...
© 2005, Brian Moses
From: Taking Out the Tigers
Publisher: Macmillan, London
From: Taking Out the Tigers
Publisher: Macmillan, London
Brian Moses
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1950)
Brian Moses was the first real live children's poet I ever met. He visited the school where I was a teacher a long time ago – before my own career as a poet got underway. Brian was then, and is still, an inspiration to other writers and poets, as well as to children. He has been a professional children’s poet for 18 years and his enthusiasm for his craft is undimmed. To date, Brian has visited ...
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Wish
Clasp in your handthe single black feather
left in your garden
as a gift from a crow.
Whisper the words
that you learned from the wind.
Find dragonfly spit
and a snake’s shed skin.
Find a flower’s heartbeat
And the moon’s lost silver.
Now gather them together
with the crow’s black feather ...
and wish ...
From: Taking Out the Tigers
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