Creatures In Verse Author:Marjorie B. Smiley, Florence B. Freedman, Domenica Paterno You will find a whole menagerie of animals-some familiar, some strange-roaming through the poems in this book. As you read each poem, see if there is a person disguised by the fur, feathers, or fins. Think carefully about the picture drawn of an animal by the words of a poem. is there a great idea hidden in the deeper meaning of the words? ... more » If you find yourself thinking, this animal symbolizes something I have always felt but could not say, you beginning to discover the delight of poetry.« less