Child Development by Billy Collins

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Child Development

As sure as prehistoric fish grew legs
and sauntered off the beaches into forests
working up some i .........
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Billy Collins

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Trevor Boley (4/23/2008 3:32:00 PM)
Billy Collins is a degenerate Robert Frost. A man who slaps his knee at the end of the poem and points at the crowd like he recreated poetry.

Jenny Hijioka (11/13/2006 12:21:00 PM)
This poem is cute... I know how little kids name call and I can picture a lot of little kids saying these things. I work with kids 5 1/2 months- 15 years old at a health club daycare.

Ilka Ballenger (3/31/2005 4:42:00 PM)
Before class today I was obliged to meet with my 8 year old daughter and her teacher to discuss the inappropriateness of her decision to use -ass as a suffix. After the meeting, my daughter reminded me that she had requested the day off from school. Now she admitts to feeling well; she was instead plagued by an inability to control herself. I'm having the same problem myself.