My Oak Tree
a drawing by S.H. Johnson
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My Oak Tree
drawing by S.H.Johnson see 12/27 post for larger view
About Me
- debra shirley
- Colorado, United States
- My first love is poetry, but I wear lots of hats. I also write children's books,I am Director of after school and summer arts programming at two elementary schools, and I teach writing at the Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities. I'm married to a gifted artist, Scott H.Johnson, and I have an amazing 10-year old daughter. My children's book, Best Friend on Wheels was published by Albert Whitman & Company in 2008. Other work has been included in The Cortland Review, Margie Review: The American Journal of Poetry, The Adirondack Review and the Playwright's Showcase of the Western Region.
Best Friend on Wheels
Published by Albert Whitman & Company, 2008 Illustrated by Judy Stead, Edited by Wendy McClure
Dear Debra, Thanks for sharing this Christmas present with the rest of us. "My Oak Tree"? I wish I had one such as this in Colorado. Mine still lives on East North Street in DeForest, Wisconsin (really, DeForest), my childhood's home. I miss the paper bag brown of its winter leaves, the way they clung to their branches until spring.
ReplyDeleteTell your husband thanks; I hadn't thought about this tree in at least 20 years.
Faye