Nayyirah Waheed: Options

Robert Herrick is one of my favorite poets, hands down. This photo is from “Seventeenth Century Prose and Poetry”, selected and edited by Witherspoon and Warnke – about the only college textbook I still have.

The Night-Piece to Julia, by Robert Herrick:

Also, happy belated birthday, Robert Herrick!  (August 24)

I met a dragon face to face, by Jack Prelutzky

Goodbye Mog, by Judith Kerr

Nayyirah Waheed:  Emotional Nutrition