

Good Sports
Spring 2007 Poetry“When it comes to swimming,
I'm clearly a dunce.
But still I enjoy it
And happily think
I don't do so badly...
At least I don't sink!”
The untitled poems are exuberant without being unrealistic, understanding without being patronizing. They are simply great fun. The illustrations are a stunning foil for the text. The artist elongates the limbs of his loose characters with his signature broad, sweeping watercolor brushstrokes giving the illusion of motion. His palette of olives, blues, and oranges depict children in motion across the white backgrounds of double–page spreads. A discriminating combination of poet and artist.