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World Book Day!

It’s World Book Day today – so in honour of reading, here is my poem about it, from Being Me, my me, Laura Mucha, and Matt Goodfellow, Otter-Barry Books.

In the Heart of a Book

Liz Brownlee

I found myself a story

with a place in me to store it

I found myself a wide, new world

so set off to explore it,

I found a scary monster

plus the way to banish it

I found a pool of sadness

and the strength to manage it,

I found the dragon in my soul

learned the way to tame it

I found a new ambition

a path to take and aim it,

I found a way to rest my head

while my worries all unplug

I found a curl of comfort

where each word was a hug,

I found a web of wonders

things I dream about at night

I found a pair of magic wings

and flew into the light.

Being Me, Poems About Thoughts, Worries and Feelings, May 2021

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World Book Day: Peace Poems

It’s World Book Day, but along with many others, I’m sure, my thoughts and heart lie with the people of Ukraine today.

Therefore the poems I will share will all be peace poems.

Snow

Swirling slowly

in lilting flight,

as cold as stars,

the soundless white

.

of drifting feathers

spreading wings,

to sing the songs

that snowflakes sing,

.

of how small gifts

of peace and light

can change the world

in just one night.

.

© Liz Brownlee

Be The Change, Poems to Help You Save the World, Macmillan.