Yareah Magazine

Elaine Magliaro

Spaceman

Whooshing down the hillside fast
Trees and people blurring past
Runners carving out the snow
Like an astronaut I go
Blasting into outer space
Rocketing at record pace
Through the stratosphere I fly
I’m commander of the sky
Won’t return to Earth until . . .

I   r e a c h  
t h e   b o t t o m  
o f   t h e   h i l l .

Winter Ballet

 It’s white snow,
Bright snow,
Soft-as-feathers light snow…
Tiny ballerinas there
Pirouetting through the air
With their shiny crystal shoes
In their winter dance debuts.

Fairy for Hire

 Did you get an invitation
To the prince’s ball in May?
Would you like a brand new pumpkin coach
To ride in on that day?

Do you want a silk brocaded gown
To spend the gala day in?
A shiny pair of crystals shoes
To waltz the night away in?

Just call me any day or night
At MAGIC WAND SUPPLIERS.
I’ll conjure up the lovely things
Your little heart desires.

Elaine Magliaro
http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com

Elaine Magliaro (b. 1946) worked as an elementary school teacher for more than three decades and as a school librarian for three years. She also taught a children's literature course at Boston University from 2002-2008. Elaine served three terms as president of the Massachusetts PAS North Shore Council of the International Reading Association. From 2006-2008, she was a member of the advisory board for the Keene State College Children’s Literature Festival. In 1994, she presented a paper, Bringing Parents and Children Together through Poetry, at Beijing Normal University. She is now retired and writes poetry for children. Her poems have been included in the anthologies Robert’s Snowflakes and Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems.