By Marilyn Singer
Contributor note: Illustrated by means of Meilo So
Publish 12 months note: First released in 2002
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This provocative choice of poems levels from such lofty matters as an astronaut’s view of Earth to the burrows of worms and little creatures in the earth, “where i attempt to tread softly: a quiet massive leaving basically footprints at the roof.”
Marilyn Singer’s lilting unfastened verse deals visible photographs that supply us clean new insights and admire for the strong energy of volcanoes, fens, islands, deserts, dunes, and normal failures. Singer’s simply obtainable poems additionally comprise a few of the lighter moments of youth, corresponding to sliding on ice and taking part in in dust. Meilo So’s specified india ink drawings on rice paper offer a particularly good-looking show off for those buoyant nature poems.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Footprints on the Roof: Poems About the Earth
Contributor be aware: Illustrated via Meilo So
Publish yr notice: First released in 2002
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This provocative selection of poems levels from such lofty topics as an astronaut’s view of Earth to the burrows of worms and little creatures in the earth, “where i attempt to tread softly: a quiet titanic leaving merely footprints at the roof. ”
Marilyn Singer’s lilting loose verse bargains visible pictures that supply us clean new insights and recognize for the strong energy of volcanoes, fens, islands, deserts, dunes, and ordinary failures. Singer’s simply obtainable poems additionally comprise a number of the lighter moments of youth, resembling sliding on ice and enjoying in dust. Meilo So’s specific india ink drawings on rice paper offer a particularly good-looking show off for those buoyant nature poems.
From the Hardcover variation.
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They breathe air with their lungs and suckle their young with milk. They even have belly-buttons! Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus , Whales close their blowhole when under water. As they surface they release a spout of air—a blow—before taking another breath. BLOWHOLES No whale, dolphin, or porpoise can breathe under water. They breathe air— but not through a nose and not through their mouth. Whales and dolphins choose when they want to take a breath. This means they cannot go to sleep. Instead, they shut down half their brain at a time, resting one half, then the other.
They include lemurs, bushbabies, and lorises. MAMMALS I like to dance and leap. Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) is a species of lemur that spends lots of time on the ground as well as in trees. It takes great strides and springs through the air at speed as if it were dancing. Babies have to hold on tight! u LONG FINGER The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) lives in Madagascar. It taps on trees with its long middle finger then listens for insects moving under the bark. If anything is there, it rips off the bark with its teeth and hooks out the victims with its finger.
WELL-DEVELOPED NOSES Most insectivores, such as desmans, have poor eyesight but a good sense of smell, with snouts ideal for sniffing out insects. Aardvarks also have a good sense of smell. They have a piglike snout and nostrils surrounded with hair to filter out dust. FACTFILE MOLES ■ Moles live in Europe, Asia, and North America. They live in underground tunnels that they dig with their powerful front legs. Their eyesight is poor but they have an acute sense of smell. ■ Hedgehogs live only in Europe, Africa, and Asia.