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Keeping the Poetry Flame Alive
Andrea Louise Ambler
Illustrator Christine J. Curry

Pencils and People
Pencils and people seem like opposites.
Pencils are born tall,
Then become smaller and smaller.
People are born small,
And they grow taller and taller.
A pencil can run out of words,
People can create words endlessly.
Beyond the differences they are quite the same.
They both create.
Pencils create letters, notes, essays, and novels.
People create cars, houses, airplanes, and computers.
And when they are combined,
They create something wonderful,
They create something magical,
They create a poem!
Jasmin Shabtai
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