Important Matters and Other Poems

Come near and hear the tales I sing,


Gilded stories about everything


Of nature and science and epic fights,


Monsters and dragons and wondrous sights.


Within this book, tales of creatures abound,


About life in a world that has no sound.


Of scientists who built and shaped our thought,


On jobs that are with dangers fraught.


Chewing gum, birds, grasshoppers, ships


From tigers to squirrels to apocalypse.


All lie within, a myriad of rhyme


Tales to withstand the torrent of time.