I Hear the World Sing
I Hear the World Sing Shared joys and concerns across cultures and language, expressed in the poetry of childrenWhen school children from Kent, Ohio and Florence, Italy, were invited to express their…
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I Hear the World Sing
Shared joys and concerns across cultures and language, expressed in the poetry of childrenWhen school children from Kent, Ohio and Florence, Italy, were invited to express their thoughts about "Where I'm From" in poetry, the connections that emerged between these students from different continents were remarkable. Anyone can be a poet, no matter the language one speaks or writes. Their responses to this prompt--"lo vengo da" in Italian--demonstrate the underlying importance of home, families, the natural world, and the creative identities that children harbor within them.The 40 poems in I Hear the World Sing, printed in both English and Italian, presents these poems in three sections--"The Chirp of Little Birds," "Witness the River," and "I Write to Grow a World"--which explore and celebrate the commonalities between us.
And by presenting each poem