65: Cross Country, 2006, by Robert Sullivan (1963–)
It’s got the greatest subtitle*
Since days of long ago—
Too long for me to reproduce—
And … rhyming problems, Yo!
I loved this book—for it brought back
The road trips I have done—
Throughout my life, those trips have been
The purest kind of fun.
I liked this book so much that I
Read all his others, too.
He writes of rats and whales and folks
As weirdly weird as you!
I coaxed him to come to our school,**
And here he spent a day
With classes—an assembly talk—
A pleasure, every way.
I read his books when they come out—
The day that they arrive,
For he creates a Wonder Pool—
And into it I dive!
*Fifteen Years and 90,000 Miles
on the Roads and Interstates of America with Lewis and Clark, a Lot of Bad
Motels, a Moving Van, Emily Post, Jack Kerouac, My Wife, My Mother-in-Law, Two
Kids, and Enough Coffee to Kill an Elephant
**Western Reserve Academy, April 14–15, 2009
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