Poetry Friday: The Blacker the Berry
The opening line of The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas draws you in: “Colors without black, couldn’t sparkle quite so bright”.
It is no wonder this book won the Coretta Scott King Award. Each poem drips with juicy, delicious words and images. Floyd Cooper’s illustrations brings the text alive.
One of my favorite poems is “Night Shade”
I feel as purple
As the night shade
of an eggplant
That great berry among berries
Smooth skinned
And stained and sweet
As my fingers
After rinsing boysenberries
And the last two lines of “Toast”
“I am so toasty
I make the sun smile”
This is going to be such a fabulous addition to the poetry collection of my school.
Poetry Friday is hosted by Anastasia Suen at http://6traits.wordpress.com/
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Happy Reading and Happy Mother’s Day to all.
MsMac
