"For a class project in ENGL 208 Children's Literature, we were asked to select a poem for children or young adults and to "illustrate" it on the page to appeal to young readers."

1. September B R E E Z E , an islandchill,
the streets so quiet . . . still,
seem W I D E R now
but soon they fill
with gulls
that stride and squawk
and boldly walk
the middle of the road—
I wish I understood
gull-talk
perhaps they, too, feel harmony
no CROWDS, no n o i S E
now once again
just sand, waves, sky, and sea
. . . just gulls and me