Animal Poems

Steve Jenkins artwork is lovely, simple, and crisp so that all ages and even some who are visually impaired can enjoy the pictures; the poetry is subtle and thought provoking; having been a math geek, I wasn't sophisticated enough to understand some of this poetry as a child (in some cases, even in highschool) but some of my friends would have with ease so don't rule the book out thinking the poetry is too adult oriented. Sample: Hummingbird - Most creatures came the long way, through, slow earth, But the quick Hummingbird sprang straight from the sun, Or flew like a spark from the earliest star - Even now aflicker with the first struck light; Even now awhirr with the dark's atomic thrum.