Nye at her engaging insightful best. -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Acclaimed poet and Young
People's Poet 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 more than 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 your lifetime already? Do you
ever think about it? Where does this plethora of leavings come from? How long does it take you
even one little you to fill the can by your desk? ?Naomi Shihab NyeNational Book Award
Finalist Young People's Poet Laureate and devoted trash-picker-upper Naomi Shihab Nye
explores these questions and more in this original collection of poetry 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 stunning volume.With poems about food wrappers lost mittens plastic
straws refugee children trashy talk the environment connection community responsibility
to the planet politics immigration time junk mail trash collectors garbage trucks all
that we carry and all that we discard this is a rich engaging moving and sometimes humorous
collection for readers ages twelve to adult.Includes ideas for writing recycling and
reclaiming and an index.
