How often does anyone get to say they've had an ode written about them? Forget the Grecian urn–the Cybils have now been immortalized in a poem by NFPB Round I judge Doret Canton of The Happy Nappy Bookseller. We present it to you forthwith:
Strewn about my place
All in the name of
Children's and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards
Known to most as
CYBILS
I am a
NFPB First Round Panelist
An honor I take seriously
Reading and scrutinizing 2010 NFPB
With a new found eye
Beginning with the positive
Jotting down "What I liked"
Before anything else
And the 5 W's,
Who, What, When, Where, Why,
And the lone H
How
Are answered
I am still at it
Even though my writing is
more illegible with each new pen stroke
(too much keyboard time )
I continue scribbling away
My thoughts
On this and that
Because
The end is not the end
Authors must
Follow Through
And
Stick It
All,
Afterword included
Like an Olympic judge
I will deduct points
When a timeline
factline
or
even an author's note
Is not to be found
I am shaking my head
No, No, No,
Wondering
Why, Why, Why,