Chiro, a young bat, is nervous about flying into the world for the first time without his mother, especially on a very dark night, but he soon learns to rely on his "song" to find his way and stay safe.

"New Poets of Native Nations gathers poets of diverse ages, styles, languages, and tribal affiliations to present the extraordinary range and power of new Native poetry. Heid E. Erdrich has selected twenty-one poets whose first books were published after the year 2000 to highlight the exciting works coming up after Joy Harjo and Sherman Alexie. Collected here are poems of great breadth--long narratives, political outcries, experimental works, and...

Poems about people, places and things, selected by the poet for their appeal to young people.

Spanning fifty years in the literary career of the Yankee poet, a collection of poetry features both previously published poems and original works, including poems on nature, the sea, love, uncertainty, responsibility, and New England.