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Circus in the Sky Poems 1982-1988
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This is a collection of my poetry from ages five through ten.
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This is a collection of my poetry from ages five through ten.

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THE TENNESSEE POEM

My name is Tennessee.
And all its people are inside of me.
My lungs are Nashville.
My heart is Chattanooga.
My veins are its rivers.
My kidneys are Memphis.
And Lookout Mountain
Is my head.

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About Tennessee

        Tennessee Reed began writing as a child. To date she has published 335 pages of poetry, contained in four collections. Her first poetry collection, Circus in the Sky (I. Reed Books, 1988), was published when she was eleven years old. These poems were written between...

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Published Reviews

Aug.25.2008

"I admire your poems very much...your exceptional imagination and profusion of imagery, your spirit, your perceptions, your sensibility. I treasure your book and really eagerly look forward to reading more...

Aug.25.2008

"This is a positive solid assertive poetic truths coming from where language makes it-language which was before us and will be after us-manifesting its power through a young receiving mind."