“Nyeat her engaging, insightful best.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Acclaimed poet and Young People’sPoet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away,from plastic water bottles to those less fortunate, in this collection of morethan eighty original and never-before-published poems. A deeply moving,sometimes funny, and always provocative poetry collection for all ages. “How much have you thrown away in yourlifetime already? Do you ever think about it? Where does this plethora ofleavings come from? How long does it take you, even one little you, to fill thecan by your desk?” ?Naomi Shihab NyeNational Book AwardFinalist, Young People’s Poet Laureate, and devoted trash-picker-upper NaomiShihab Nye explores these questions and more in this original collection ofpoetry that features more than eighty new poems. “I couldn’t save the world,but I could pick up trash,” she says in her introduction to this stunningvolume.With poems about foodwrappers, lost mittens, plastic straws, refugee children, trashy talk, theenvironment, connection, community, responsibility to the planet, politics,immigration, time, junk mail, trash collectors, garbage trucks, all that wecarry and all that we discard, this is a rich, engaging, moving, and sometimeshumorous collection for readers ages twelve to adult.Includesideas for writing, recycling, and reclaiming, and an index.
