I Did It Because...: How a Poem Happens
by Loris Lesynski and Michael Martchenko
Favorite poems and how they happened, by a celebrated wordsmith.
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Humor
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
Year Published 2006
Word Count 4,656
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 109950
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
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