A New Box of Crayons

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1 The book is a collection of poems for all ages. by Arden G. Thompson Order the complete book from the publisher Booklocker.com or from your favorite neighborhood or online bookstore.

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3 A New Box of Crayons Arden G. Thompson

4 A NEW BOX OF CRAYONS Text copyright 2017 by Arden G. Thompson Illustrations copyright 2017 by Arden G. Thompson ISBN: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. Published by BookLocker.com, Inc nd Avenue South, #526 St. Petersburg, FL Our fax number: Printed on acid-free paper. The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. BookLocker.com, Inc First Edition (on demand) Design, editing, and digital typesetting by the author.

5 Table of Contents STUDENT: SOMETIMES MY MIND BEGINS TO MOVE SO FAST... 1 Sometimes my mind... 3 My thoughts... 5 To concentrate... 7 Running... 9 My thoughts scamper A new box of crayons Why? As a young child When I was very young Sing me a song This is it Don t try If, without thinking This is not the world Caged Words and numbers usually roll What you and others see Now is my time Dear Teacher TEACHER: YOUR SPECIAL GIFTS INTEREST ME Your special gifts I will give you Writing Nothing succeeds like success Arden G. Thompson ix

6 Some words cast shadows Questions carve Art sings Wisdom Now is the sum Time to reflect Time isn t something Words are containers Summoned Boys don t Words are truly The best problem-solving tool If your pencil Artists, by adding Writing is a way Writers are those Precision Words can be used So many words To distill one s thoughts Using big words Words cannot Simplicity is essential Confessions of a Writer If talkers use words to hide There are always A new sheet of paper x Arden G. Thompson

7 I you don t have a goal Thinking about doing Artists tell us Art is an open door To say what must be said Let me write Words can capture Talking seems to stiffen To say more Words can bring light You know something You may not You give me Poetry speaks Inked All colors of light Authenticity comes The greatest gift Ideas swirl I painted The shape If a song Sticky, tricky Today So often I ask myself May this be a place Heaps of whipped cream Arden G. Thompson xi

8 STUDENT: HOW LITTLE OF REALITY IS KNOWN TO ME How little of reality Round and round My lines are green squiggles Get my attention Abstractions Disappointment I can give you words Dear Teacher, Please I feel lonely If I give you What you know Words and numbers mean almost nothing Numbers must represent Can I take the coolness Words are as insubstantial I remember more It was here just now Sometimes I feel The year turned Inside me Lost and found High, then higher still TEACHER: SMALL WORDS OFTEN CARRY BIG THOUGHTS Small words Dear Student Real life xii Arden G. Thompson

9 How can you become all Words, words, words What you say We give you words A picture tells a lot In School Teachers must honor students What we need to do The way we see If you use words in one way Facts are not as important Time counted Celebration This is all The shape of rejection It s silly to worry Are you high upon a lonely peak Wandering Arden G. Thompson xiii

10 A new box of crayons is a brand new beginning sunshine yellow, sky blue, green freedom to soar beyond the known and the seen. A new box of crayons is a doorway to dreams. Arden G. Thompson 13

11 I will give you words to help you paint dragons in the sky, smell a tiger s breath or watch a crab sidling by. I ll give you bright words, tasty words like jelly beans spilling from a jar. I will give you words to tell others exactly what you feel and where you are. And when my time is over, and my day is done, you will have all the words you need to sing down the stars and call back up the sun. Arden G. Thompson 45

12 The book is a collection of poems for all ages. by Arden G. Thompson Order the complete book from the publisher Booklocker.com or from your favorite neighborhood or online bookstore.