Colin &+Jessie

David McCord BY Jessica Colin __**This Is My Rock**__
 * __ By: David McCord[[image:http://dc180.4shared.com/img/7hMC2YHR/525_-_David_McCord_-_Poet.pdf width="229" height="300" align="right" caption="David McCord"]] __**

**This is my rock,** **And here I run** **To steal the secret of the sun;**

**This is my rock,** **And here I come** **Before the night has swept the sky;**

**This is my rock,** **This is the place** **I meet in the evening face to face**

__**Summer Shower**__

**Window window window pane:** **Let it let it let it rain** **Drop by drop by drop by drop.**

**Run your rivers from from the top** **Zigzaggy down, like slow wet forks** **Of lightning, so the slippery corks** **Of bubbles float and over lake** **Each other till three bubbles make** **A kind of boat too fat to fit** **The river. That's the end of it.** **Straight** **down** **it** **slides** **and** **with** **a** **splash** **Is lost against the window sash.**

**Window window window pane:** **Let it let it let it rain.**

Biography

David McCord was born in New York on December 15, 1897 and died on April 13, 1997. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, and graduated from Harvard University. At first he intended on being a physicist. But once he wrote his first book published in 1926, he knew for sure that he was going to be a poet. He was very involved with raising money for his college and probably many others. He has raised millions of dollars! David McCord has earned many awards including: **~The Golden Rose Award** **~1954 Guggenheim Fellow** He had worked as a executive director or Harvard's College fund for 38 years. In total David has written more then 550 published poems and more then 400 of them were for children.

The smell of salty air Lying on the beach without a care A cool breeze from the oceans wave Is exactly what I want and crave Grains of sand between my toes Lying down till the sun goes
 * __ ﻿Summer Days __**
 * __ Jessica O'Keefe __**

Then at night I go to sleep But the days memories are mine to keep

The Hat Colin MacGillvary

My hat looks like a bat But it is not fat And it will not be a drat


 * Bibliography **

McCord, David. "Bananas and Cream- Poetry Break for Refrain." //RanchoDeLibro//. Atom. Web. 10 May 2011. . Website

McCord, David. "Books Fall Open by David McCord ~ Discovery Toys Blog of Billie Elias." //Discovery Toys Blog of Billie Elias//. Web. 10 May 2011. . Website

McCord, David. "David McCord, Poet (December 15, 1897-April 13, 1997) at Embracing the Child." //Children's Books at Embracing The Child - Literature for Learning and Shared Reading.// Penguin Group 2011, 2011. Web. 10 May 2011. . Website

McCord, David. "Poetry Friday: This Is My Rock « Debbie Diller." //Debbie Diller//. Web. 10 May 2011. . Website

McCord, David. "Properties of Water, Water Cycle and Weather Poems!" Web. 10 May 2011. .