A Story a poem by Richard Peck. A story is a doorway That opens on a wider place;

A StoryA Story

a poem by Richard Pecka poem by Richard Peck

A story is A story is

a doorwaya doorway

That opens That opens

on a on a wider place;wider place;


a mirrora mirror

To reflect the To reflect the reader's face.reader's face.


a questiona question

You hadn't You hadn't

thought thought to ponder;to ponder;


a pathwaya pathway

Inviting youInviting you to wanderto wander. .

A story isA story is

a windowa window


a key a key


a lighthousea lighthouse

Beaming out Beaming out to seato sea. .

A story's A story's a beginninga beginning

A story is A story is an end;an end;

And in the And in the story'sstory's

middlemiddle

You might You might

just findjust find a friend.a friend.

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“Books for the Readers of the 21st Century by Richard Peck,” The Ezra Jack Keats Lecture, March 24, 2000. Retrieved December 28, 2006 from

http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/aboutus/au-fall2000keatslecture.shtml

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