“Spotted Park BenchI am a park bench.Ordinary words cannotexpress my thoughts on birds.”

“I won't be sad too often,If they bury me in the libraryWith bookworms in my coffin.”

“The Universal Turtle VerseI spend the day nibbling rent-freeUnderneath the Giving Tree.Me, Rirty Dat and Snerry JakeShow Runny Babbit how to makeUp verses. Then I lug my hump(Careful not to bump the Glump)Into the woods to trade a wordWith the argle-bargle bird:Nuthatch wisely recommends,Find out where the sidewalk ends.”

“Please bury me in the library With a dozen long-stemmed proses”

“LibrariesAreNeccessaryGardens,UnsurpassedAtGrowingExcitement”

“A great book is a homing deviceFor navigating paradise.A good book somehow makes you careAbout the comfort of a chair.A bad book owes to many treesA forest of apologies.”

“The Ladybug wears no disguises.She is just what she advertises.A speckled spectacle of spring,A fashion statement on the wing....A miniature orange kite.A tiny dot-to-dot delight.”