COUSIN CROW:
I know
-----you
know I’m
here.
-----Tell
your friends.
~
COUSIN FOG:
No sense
looking
--------far.
Here we are.
~
COUSIN STUMP:
Where
more of
-------you
once
stood
I
sit.
~
COUSIN GRAVITY:
Yes:
-----just
this little
tug
to
hold me
home
but
nothing more
yet.
~
COUSIN POISON-IVY:
For the berries
birds we love
love
----we
could almost
love
you.
~
COUSIN MOSS:
Surely
-------they
thank you—
those
shaded
stones you
fur.
~
COUSIN SUN:
Giving
shadow.
------Having
none.
~
COUSIN ANT:
All
---your
intricate
cities
-----down
where we can’t
see.
~
COUSIN COYOTE:
I see your shadow
goes
-----where it wants
without you.
~
COUSIN BEAVER:
Ah!
----The
sound of
one
----hand
clapping.
~
COUSIN CATERPILLAR:
Do you
know
----how
far you’re going?
~
COUSIN HOUSEFLY:
Of course
--------you’re
welcome here--
hear
-----our
name for you.
This is from JD Whitney's Longhouse booklet Cousins — not only a small book of poems, but what could be, and so is, an exceptional and easy-to-the-touch book for children. Sit in a circle and enjoy these.
