What Do You See?

for Riley and Gwen

who see what they see

and say it so clearly & dearly

by Gathy G (elizak)

copywright E. K. Gordon

elizakwork@instagram

Imagine

Imagination

Faces, critters,

dancers, singers

slingers, bringers,

blassering dithers

what do you see

when you look again

when you look again

what do you see?

Look again while you’re sneaky

peeking from under something.

Whisper it, sing it,

squeak it when you speak it.

What do you see?

What else, what more?

Does what you see soar

or does it crawl?

Where is the top

when is the end

if you begin

you can begin again

Can you say what you saw?

Can you see what you said?

You saw what you saw

and see more than you say

the day is long

the night is there

to carry us along

to the shores of Where

Why not do it again upside down

or through a cardboard tube

or with the hands of your eyes

open and closed and open again?

Thanks for your eyes! Reach me at

[email protected]. Ask about commissioned books

and zoom storytelling. More art on instagram at elizagwork.

I’m seeking support

for a book series based on this concept.

Is that you?

This appealing book is  simultaneously challenging, stimulating, reassuring and soothing.  It is a grow-with-me, don’t-talk-down-to-me, include-everybody, take-me-seriously, let’s-be-silly-book.  It both pulls you in and pushes you beyond the page.    It can meet the child’s need for repetition, and yet urges the child to look again, find something else something, new, something different. This makes explicit and  praises and practice of  observation, close examination, including memory and association-making that is the basis of all kinds of intelligences.