(K – 9th grade)
reviewed by Arlyn Miller, founder and director

“I write poetry for the same reason I read it," explains poet Bobbi Katz, “the sound of words, their taste on my tongue, is irresistible. Words are the apple pie in my pantry that draws me out of my warm bed and sends me shuffling down the dark cold hall in the middle of the night!” In The Place My Words Are Looking For, 39 poets share their poems as well as their thoughts about why and how the poet writes. Editor Paul Janeczko, a fine poet himself and the master of poetry anthologies for young people, has done a great job with this collection. I have successfully shared poems from this collection time and again with students from 2nd – 8th grade.