1. “Tomato Soup” by Mark Irwin

2. “Poppies” by Mary Oliver

3. “Apple Pockets” by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater (guest post by Nicole Gulotta)

4. “I, Too, Sing America,” and “Dinner Guest: Me” by Langston Hughes

5. “A Pavane for the Nursery” by William Jay Smith

6. “What We All Say” by Irene Sherlock

7. “Things to Think” by Robert Bly

8. “Hymn to Ham” by Roy Blount, Jr.

9. “Emily Dickinson, I Am Somebody” by Frances H. Kakugawa

10. Tamalitos: A Cooking Poem by Jorge Argueta and Domi

11. World Rat Day by J. Patrick Lewis and Anna Raff

12. “Why I Wake Early” by Mary Oliver

13. “Cheese Please” by Charles Ghigna

14. Hawai’i’s Food Trucks on the Go! by Beth Greenway and Jamie Meckel Tablason

15. “Mangoes” by Lesléa Newman

16. “Dewdrops” + Interview with Poet Frances H. Kakugawa

17. What’s in the Garden? by Marianne Berkes and Cris Arbo

18. Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems/Jitomates Risuenos otros poemas de primavera by Francisco X. Alarcon and Maya Christina Gonzalez

19. “Ode to Ribs” by Tony Hoagland

20. “Butter” by Elizabeth Alexander

21. “Mincemeat Pie” by Kate Lebo

22. “According to Bread” by Lesléa Newman

23. Halloween poems from Trick-or-Treat by Debbie Leppanen and Tad Carpenter

24. “Peeps” by Barbara Crooker

25. “The Apple-Dumplings and a King” by Peter Pindar

26. PAPA IS A POET (interview with author Natalie S. Bober)

27. Denby Dale Pie Poem by Ian McMillan

28. “How to Get Through a Day When All the Talk is of War” by Sharon Auberle

29. “A Short History of the Apple” by Dorianne Laux

30. “The Pumpkin” by John Greenleaf Whittier

31. “Opera Buffa” by Diane Shipley DeCillis

32. Yes! We Are Latinos by Alma Flor Ada, F. Isabel Campoy and David Diaz

33. Views from a Window Seat by Jeannine Atkins

34. Alphabet Trucks by Samantha R. Vamos and Ryan O’Rourke

35. THE TINY MOUSE by Janis Ian and Ingrid and Dieter Schubert

36. “The Cookie Thief” by Valerie Cox

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