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My PlacesWritten by Dina Anastasio Illustrated by Len Epstein www.readinga-z.com My Places A Reading A–Z Poetry Book © 2006 ProQuest Information and Learning Company Written by Dina Anas

My Places

Written by Dina Anastasio • Illustrated by Len Epstein

My Places

A Reading A–Z Poetry Book

Word Count: 806

P O E T R Y

My Places

Written by Dina Anastasio

Illustrated by Len Epstein

www.readinga-z.com

My Places

A Reading A–Z Poetry Book

© 2006 ProQuest Information and Learning Company Written by Dina Anastasio Illustrated by Len Epstein All rights reserved.

www.readinga-z.com

Table of Contents

My Room 4

My House 6

My Neighborhood 8

My Town 10

My State 12

My Country 14

My Planet 16

My World 18

My Room

When I close my door and I’m all by myself,

I look at the things that I put on my shelf

A fl ashlight sits there, by a bowl that I made Sometimes I use it when I am afraid

My favorite book is on top of the pile

I take it down every once in a while

Under my bed is a box fi lled with toys

There’s a plane and a game, and a car that makes noise

And way at the bottom there’s one robot shoe The other got lost since the robot was new

This is my room

There are things everywhere

There’s a ball in the corner, and a coat on the chair

But the thing I love best

is up there on my bed

It’s my big fat dog Charlie

He sleeps by my head

My House

There are places and spaces all over my house

There’s a bed for my cat and a hole for the mouse

There are rooms where we sleep and a room where we eat

One room is quite messy

Another’s quite neat

But there’s one little place that belongs just to me

There’s no other spot that I’d rather be Deep in the closet, way in the back,

I hung up a sheet and made sure it was black

Now everyone thinks the black sheet is a wall

They think there is nothing behind it at all

But there is! There’s a space where I love to be

My big fat dog Charlie likes to hide there with me

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My Neighborhood

Close to my home there’s a playground and park

I play there with friends until it gets dark

There’s a store that sells ice cream, and a shop that sells toys

There’s a restaurant with people who make lots of noise

My neighborhood’s special, and I’ll tell you why

I ride down the block, and my neighbors say “Hi.”

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My Town

My town’s in between, not too big, not too small The main street has stores and one building that’s tall There’s a school where I go, and another nearby

My sister goes there

When I’m big so will I

It’s one of those towns with all kinds of places

We have mansions and farms and shacks and green spaces But what makes it special are the people I meet, When I’m skating or skipping

or crossing the street

The butcher, the teacher, the mayor’s new wife

I know everyone

I’ve lived here all my life

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My State

Some states are cold Some states are hot Some states are both, but my state is not The trees don’t grow frosty

Icy winds rarely blow

I’ve never built forts that are made out of snow

I don’t own warm boots

I’ve never worn skis

I’ve never had ice skates

Our rivers don’t freeze

My Country

I live in America

It’s a big part of me

I’m glad I live here

There is so much to see

There are oceans to swim in, and mountains to climb There are cities to visit

if you have the time

My country has farms and beautiful lakes

Out in the desert you’ll see burrows and snakes

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I’ve never seen seals

I’ve never heard moose

Geese fl y here in winter,

so I’ve seen a goose

I can’t see my breath

when it blows from my mouth

Can you guess where I live?

Is it the north or the south?

There are 50 states here

My friend lives in Maine

Some day I’ll see countries

like England or Spain

I’d like to see Mexico

It’s not far from me

And Greece is a country

that I’d like to see

When I’m bigger I think

that I’ll pack up and roam

But for now I’ll enjoy

this place I call home

My Planet

I live on Earth

The weather’s just right Not too close or too far from the sun’s red hot light Mercury’s next to the sun’s scorching glare

It’s too hot for people

I couldn’t live there

Neptune’s the farthest It’s made up of air

It’s too cold for people

I couldn’t live there

But the sunlight on Earth

is just right for a tree

It grows perfect willows, and maples, and me

My World

My world’s full of places There’s a house and a town,

A room and a neighborhood with trees all around

I live in these places

I’m part of them all

Planets and houses, some are big, some are small But there’s more to my world There’s the people I know There’s my sister and brother and the places we go

There’s my father and mother and the friends at my school There’s TV and the movies and the town swimming pool This is my world

It grows every day

It just keeps on changing,

in every which way

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Write a poem about your favorite place