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Blue Fingers and Long Afternoons
A lesser known offering from Robert Frost. I'm not sure what to think about it. It is, as usual for the author, full of imagery but it seems to be about two people planning to steal fruit from their neighbor. Did I get that right?
By the way, “chewink” is an old name for the Eastern Towhee.
![By Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.echoesofthegarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Chewink_or_Towee.jpg "By Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons")
This cute alliterative story about a bear and some blueberry muffins is fun.
Here's a whole page of short poems about blueberries.
![By PhreddieH3 at English Wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.echoesofthegarden.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PattsBlueberries-web.jpg "By PhreddieH3 at English Wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons")
This wonderful story is about much more than blueberries. No wonder it's a classic.
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