I Am the Wind

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Beloved Irish poets including:

Eavan Boland Seamus Heaney W.B. Yeats Paula Meehan Thomas Kinsella Frank O'Connor Gabriel Rosenstock Spike Milligan Michael Longley Áine Ní Ghlinn Oscar Wilde Pat Ingoldsby Brendan Kennelly
sit along old medieval poems and diverse contemporary voices including:

Nikita Gill Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan Yeva Skalietska Polina Cosgrave

You'll find thoughtful, surprising and powerful poems here. Poems about love and skateboarding, about feeling lonely and making friends, about jellyfish, magic, school, snowdrops, monsters, blackbirds... and lots, lots more.

Chosen with love by the acclaimed children's poet Lucinda Jacob and award-winning children's writer and bookseller Sarah Webb.

A book to treasure now and always.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (vii)
• This Poem Can ... (1)
• I Am from Irehnd: Anonymous (2)
• The Mystery (3)
• We Are (4)
• Snowdrops (5)
• Nightboarder (6)
• Horse (7)
• The Blackbird of Belfast Lough (8)
• Int Én Bec: Anonymous (8)
• The Blackbird of Belfast Lough (9)
• On the Ning Nang Nong (10)
• Giraffe (11)
• Hedgehog (12)
• Leaf-Eater (12)
• To a Squirrel at Kyle-Na-No (13)
• The Song of the Whale (14)
• The Great She Whale (15)
• This Moment (16)
• Overconfident (17)
• At Shankill Beach (18)
• from A Skimming Stone, Laugh Bray (19)
• Metal Tide (20)
• Scallywaggin (21)
• In Summer (22)
• Outside in Summer (23)
• Nearer Home (24)
• The Recipe for Happiness (25)
• Friends (26)
• An Dráma Scoile (27)
• School Play (27)
• Pangur Bán: Anonymous (28)
• Ní Gá ... (29)
• Without ... (29)
• Three Wishes (30)
• Smugairle Róin (31)
• Jellyfish (or Seal's Snot) (31)
• Earth Whispers (32)
• Summer Yearn (34)
• Praise (34)
• Blackberry-Picking (36)
• Blaekberry Feast (37)
• Our Exercise for Today (38)
• Finding My Space (39)
• Surnames (40)
• Leaving Gdansk Glówny (41)
• from Maude, Enthralled (42)
• The Jellyfish's Tongue Twister (44)
• Ar larraidh ... (45)
• Escaped ... (45)
• Worms Can't Fly (45)
• All the Dogs (46)
• An Old Woman of the Roads (48)
• Girl in a Rope (50)
• I'll Tell My Ma: Traditional (50)
• Molly Malone: Traditional (51)
• He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (52)
• March (53)
• Pumpkinhead (54)
• Hallowe'en (55)
• Visitor (56)
• Symphony in Yellow (57)
• Ar Strae sa Chloigeann (58)
• Astray in the Head (58)
• Little Jenny (59)
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley (60)
• A Vole Poem (61)
• Pug (62)
• WUFF (63)
• A Very Short Writing Course (64)
• Taking My Pen for a Walk (65)
• Dolphin (66)
• from The Deepest Breath (68)
• When Your Baby Sister Asks You if She's Pretty (69)
• Bird (70)
• Musha Mammy (71)
• Lá na bPeataí (72)
• Pets' Day (72)
• Puppy Love (73)
• Irish Elk (74)
• What the Deer Said (75)
• Stuff (76)
• from Stuck Indoors (77)
• The Sloth (78)
• The Sloth's Snooze (78)
• Tree Sloth (79)
• The Coal Jetty (80)
• My Ship (82)
• A Boy (83)
• Exploring (84)
• Umbrella (86)
• A Bit of Free Verse (87)
• The Cat and the Moon (88)
• On Finding a Dead Rat in the Living Room (89)
• All Day I Hear the Noise of Waters (90)
• from A Calm (91)
• from Moon-Light (91)
• The Four Honesties (92)
• Ocean Song (93)
• My Best Friend's a Monster (94)
• On o'connell bridge (95)
• Beans on Toast (95)
• Out and Back (96)
• Everything Is Going to Be All Right (97)
• Cat's Eye (98)
• Merrion Square (98)
• When You Walk (99)
• Goat III (100)
• Fox (101)
• I Like Being a Frog (102)
• My Delicious Hat (103)
• I Love These Hands (104)
• The Lion King (105)
• from You Don't Know What War Is (106)
• Wake (107)
• Winter in Inis Meáin (108)
• The Lake Isle of Innisfree (109)
• Changin Hosses (110)
• The Pony's Eyes (111)
• In a Dublin Museum (112)
• The Standing Army (113)
• from Ode (114)
• 93 Percent Stardust (115)
• Acknowledgements (116)
• Copyright Acknowledgements (117)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

School Library Journal Review

Gr 3 Up--A comprehensive survey of Irish poetry specifically for children. More than 85 poems include classics by the masters, including W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, Pádraic Colum, and Oscar Wilde, as well as poems by newer and lesser-known poets. There is a humorous poem by Spike Milligan, a cuddly poem titled "Puppy Love," and even a few poems in Gaelic presented side-by-side with an English translation. The introduction notes that poetry leads to "worlds of magic and adventure." In the first poem, E.R. Murray writes, "This poem can …/ Open magical doorways." It can "launch rockets to the moon," and "light a candle in the dark." The final line, "Let the journey begin," is an invitation to this collection. The poems embrace many themes and range from descriptive to humorous, thought-provoking, and more. Chacko has created vibrant, whimsical illustrations that complement the poetry beautifully and add to the overall enjoyment. The editors have also designed an "I Am the Wind Poetry Kit" that readers can downloaded for free at littleisland.ie. This kit uses the poems in this book to encourage young writers and will be welcomed by teachers and librarians. There is no index. Overall, this is a robust collection of poems that invites reading, re-reading, and sharing. VERDICT Highly recommended. This delightful collection of Irish poetry for children, which includes some familiar poems and others new to discover, will appeal to young and old alike and is perfect for reading aloud. A welcome addition to all classroom and library collections.--Carole Phillips