Cast Away: Poems of Our Time

“Nye

at her engaging, insightful best.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Acclaimed poet and Young People’s

Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away,

from plastic water bottles to those less fortunate, in this collection of more

than eighty original and never-before-published poems. A deeply moving,

sometimes funny, and always provocative poetry collection for all ages.

“How much have you thrown away in your

lifetime already? Do you ever think about it? Where does this plethora of

leavings come from? How long does it take you, even one little you, to fill the

can by your desk?” ?Naomi Shihab Nye

National Book Award

Finalist, Young People’s Poet Laureate, and devoted trash-picker-upper Naomi

Shihab Nye explores these questions and more in this original collection of

poetry that features more than eighty new poems. “I couldn’t save the world,

but I could pick up trash,” she says in her introduction to this stunning

volume.

With poems about food

wrappers, lost mittens, plastic straws, refugee children, trashy talk, the

environment, connection, community, responsibility to the planet, politics,

immigration, time, junk mail, trash collectors, garbage trucks, all that we

carry and all that we discard, this is a rich, engaging, moving, and sometimes

humorous collection for readers ages twelve to adult.

Includes

ideas for writing, recycling, and reclaiming, and an index.