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   POEMS!    POEMS!</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="285"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="285" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 389 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="1049683d0.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="317" ALT="weave me a poem" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="10cbc57f0.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="383" ALT="eric ode poet" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="743" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 144 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="music_and_poetry_programs_for_schools.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Author Visits for Schools"><U><B><IMG SRC="d54b6890.jpg" border=0 width="182" height="137" ALT="poet author school visits" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="546"><div> <B>Author Visits...</B></div> <div> <B>* Poetry and Songwriting Workshops & Assemblies *</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Educators:</B></FONT><B> </B>As a former elementary teacher, award winning songwriter, and widely published poet for kids, I would look forward to visiting your school during the 2008/2009 year. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > <A HREF="music_and_poetry_programs_for_schools.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Author Visits for Schools"><U>Here is more information...</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Award Winning Songwriter * Widely Published Poet * Former Elementary Teacher</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="744" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#444444" FRAME="HSIDES" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 154 ><NOBR><div>  <IMG SRC="f2a90820.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="130" ALT="when you smile album cover" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="569"><div> <B>Poems from "When You Smile"</B></div> <div> In addition to eleven songs, my CD "When You Smile" includes these three school poems, recorded with everything from drums and guitars to slide whistles and kazoos. Enjoy! (<A HREF="music.htm#when_you_smile" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eric Ode music"><U>Click here to learn about purchasing the album</U></A>.)</div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="419" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000066" BORDERCOLORDARK="#0000CC" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="soggy_sneaker.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Soggy Sneaker Parade"><U><B>Soggy Sneaker Parade</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="farmer.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="I Could Have Been the Farmer"><U><B>I Could Have Been the Farmer</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="loretta.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Loretta Lost a Tooth poem"><U><B>Loretta Lost a Tooth at Lunch</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 170 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="summer_poems"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="b9a77780.jpg" border=0 width="119" height="120" ALT="poems" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="569"><div> <B>Summer Poems!</B></div> <div> It's that time of the year! Here is a handful of poems to help you celebrate summer, our favorite season. Enjoy! Need more summer poems? Check out <A HREF="children_s_poetry_what_i_did_on_my_summer_vacation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U>"What I Did on My Summer Vacation" from Meadowbrook Press</U></A>. I have six poems in that book, and you'll find poems by many of your other favorite poets as well.</div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="557" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#993333" BORDERCOLORDARK="#993366" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="mr_tuddle_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mr. Tuddle"><U><B>Mr. Tuddle</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="lost_and_found.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lost and Found Poem"><U><B>Lost and Found</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="monument_to_summer.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Monument to Summer Poem"><U><B>My Monument to Summer</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="what_i_learned.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What I Learned This Summer"><U><B>What I Learned This Summer</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 135 WIDTH="164"><div> <IMG SRC="bec56790.jpg" border=0 width="86" height="121" ALT="dinosaur poems" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="569"><div> <B>Dinosaur Poems!</B> </div> <div> Here are a few poems about dinosaurs. Need more? Pick up <A HREF="children_s_poetry_dinosaur_poems_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U>"Dinosaur Poems" from Scholastic UK</U></A><A HREF="children_s_poetry_dinosaur_poems_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U>.</U></A> It's a terrific collection. I have two poems in there as well.</div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="557" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#993333" BORDERCOLORDARK="#993366" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="pterodactyl_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pterodactyl Dinner"><U><B>Pterodactyl </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="pterodactyl_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pterodactyl Dinner"><U><B>Dinner</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="poem_sauropeltas.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sauropeltas Seldom Snicker"><U><B>Sauropeltas Seldom Snicker</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="poem_dinosaur_i_saw.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Dinosaur I Swore I Saw"><U><B>The Dinosaur I Swore I Saw</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="poem_stegosaurus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson of the Stegosaurus"><U><B>Lesson of the Stegosaurus</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 154 WIDTH="164"><div> <IMG SRC="a245a3b0.jpg" border=0 width="90" height="59" ALT="author visits for schools" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="569"><div> <B>School Poems </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial" >Here are four school poems. You can find many more in the Meadowbrook Press anthologies </FONT><A HREF="children_s_poetry_if_kids_ruled_the_school.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U>"If Kids Ruled the School</U></A>," <A HREF="children_s_poetry_i_ve_been_burping_in_the_classroom_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U>"I've Been Burping in the Classroom,"</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial" > and </FONT><A HREF="children_s_poetry_my_teacher_s_in_detention_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U>"My Teacher's in Detention."</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" > I have several poems in these collections.</FONT></div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="557" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#0000CC" BORDERCOLORDARK="#0000FF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="poem_letter_c.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Letter C"><U><B>Letter C</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="poem_seymour.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Someone Said Seymour"><U><B>Someone Said Seymour</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="book_report_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Book Report"><U><B>My Book Report</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="poem_tetherball.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="tetherball poem"><U><B>The Tetherball Battle</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 156 WIDTH="164"><div> <IMG SRC="d6654640.gif" border=0 width="84" height="100" ALT="surprise poem link" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="569"><div> <B>Surprise Poems!</B></div> <div> Do you like surprises?  Do you like poems? Then I bet you'll like a surprise poem! Click on the button below.  You never know which poem will turn up!</div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <HEAD> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">    </SCRIPT>  <BODY> <CENTER> <FORM NAME="myForm"> <INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="myButton" VALUE="Surprise Me With a Poem!" onClick="rand_link()"> </FORM> </CENTER>   </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="745" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 148 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="tall_tales.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tall Tales of the Wild West"><U><IMG SRC="ccc718e0.jpg" border=0 width="113" height="142" ALT="tall tales of the wild west poems" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Look what's here!:</B> </div> <div> <I><B>Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones)</B></I><I>, </I></div> <div> A collection of cowboy poems and songs by <B>Eric Ode</B>, illustrated by <B>Ben Crane</B></div> <div> Published by Meadowbrook Press</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="tall_tales.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tall Tales of the Wild West"><U>Click here for more information.</U></A></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>Need more poems?</B> Here are a handful you might enjoy! </div> <div> Not all of these poems are meant to be funny. I hope you enjoy them just the same.</div> <div> (<A HREF="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.ericode.com/poems_permission."><U>Please read this</U></A> to learn about reprinting or otherwise using these poems.)</div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="691" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#EEEEEE > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 34 WIDTH="91"><div> <A HREF="poem_late_night_movie.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Late Night Movie"><U>Late Night Movie</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="91"><div> <A HREF="poem_beans.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="beans"><U>Beans</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="91"><div> <A HREF="poem_cocoon.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="cocoon"><U>Cocoon</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="91"><div> <A HREF="poem_fiddlehead.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="fiddlehead"><U>Fiddlehead</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="poem_blackberries.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="blackberries"><U>Blackberries</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="poem_buzzard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Buzzard"><U>The Buzzard</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="91"><div> <A HREF="cattail_poem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cattail poem"><U>Cattail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Poetry books for your classroom:</B> </div> <div> I have poems in many wonderful anthologies. They'd each make terrific additions to your classroom library. </div> <div> Take a look at...<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>    </B></FONT><B>   </B><A HREF="children_s_poetry_what_i_did_on_my_summer_vacation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U><B>What I Did on My Summer Vacation</B></U></A> (Poetry fun in the summer sun! - Meadowbrook Press)</div> <div> <B>       </B><A HREF="children_s_poetry_i_hope_i_don_t_strike_out_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U><B>I Hope I Don't Strike Out!</B></U></A> (A home run collection of sports poems - Meadowbrook Press)</div> <div> <B>       </B><A HREF="children_s_poetry_oh_my_darling_porcupine_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U><B>Oh My Darling, Porcupine</B></U></A> (A laugh-out-loud sing-along songbook - Meadowbrook Press) </div> <div> <B>       </B><A HREF="children_s_poetry_i_ve_been_burping_in_the_classroom_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U><B>I've Been Burping in the Classroom</B></U></A> (Another sing-along, laugh-along songbook - Meadowbrook Press)</div> <div> <B>       </B><A HREF="children_s_poetry_rolling_in_the_aisles.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U><B>Rolling in the Aisles</B></U></A> (A fat collection of very funny poems - Meadowbrook Press) </div> <div> <B>       </B><A HREF="children_s_poetry_miles_of_smiles.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U><B>Miles of Smiles</B></U></A> (Another great laugh-out-loud collection - Meadowbrook Press) </div> <div> <B>       </B><A HREF="children_s_poetry_if_kids_ruled_the_school.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U><B>If Kids Ruled the School</B></U></A> (Super silly school poems - Meadowbrook Press) </div> <div> <B>       </B><A HREF="children_s_poetry_my_teacher_s_in_detention_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U><B>My Teacher's in Detention</B></U></A><B> </B>(Each school poem a guaranteed giggler - Meadowbrook Press) </div> <div> <B>       </B><A HREF="children_s_poetry_dinosaur_poems_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Poetry Anthologies"><U><B>Dinosaur Poems: The Anthology</B></U></A> (Prehistoric hysterics - Scholastic UK collection)</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="737" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF99 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="731"><div> <B> <A NAME="using_eric_s_poems"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Using Eric's Poems</B></div> <div> <B>Students, Educators, and Anthologists:</B> If you are interested in reprinting or in some other way putting these poems to use, please <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="poems_permission.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poems permission"><U>read the following</U></A></FONT>:</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div>   <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=1514202; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=13; var sc_security="0070a524"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/frames.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c14.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=1514202&java=0&security=0070a524&invisible=1" alt="free invisible hit counter" border="0"></a> </noscript>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>