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Four Poems by Rachel Guido deVries
Mamma Always Knew When I was little Mamma always knew If I was feeling sad and blue She always could tell when I walked through the door if someone decided they liked me no more Mamma always could hear the tear in my throat when I was running low on hope And Mamma could see […]
“My Papa”
My Papa’s eyes sparkled like stars in the nighttime sky or like tiny tiny stars from a sparkler one fourth of July. I was nine and the fireworks boomed and boomed into the night. They scared me. But there was Papa holding my shaking hand and smiling. I remember the way my little hand felt […]
Rachel Guido deVries: Poet-In-the-School-Residency
Rachel Guido deVries’s latest book of poems is The Brother Inside Me, (Guernica, 2008). Her first children’s picture book, Teeny Tiny Tino’s Fishing Story, (Bordighera, 2008) was a winner of The 2008 Paterson Prize: Books for Young People Award. She self-published a collection of poems for young readers on topics her students asked for: The Purple Potato […]
