Things That Walk With Feet

By Annette Wynne

Annotations by Rene Marzuk

Giacomo Merculiano. *Actiniaria*. Chromolithograph, 1893 [in Richard Lydekker’s *The Royal Natural History*]. Public Domain.

Things that walk with feet or fly above the land
The creatures of the sea can hardly understand.

Wynne, AnNette. “Things That Walk With Feet,” in for Days and Days, 159. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919.

Contexts

Annette Wynne was an American poet who mainly wrote for children. In addition to For Days and Days: A Year Round of Treasury of Child Verse (1919), she also published Treasure Things (1922).

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Edited by Karen Kilcup and coedited by Rene Marzuk and Josh Benjamin, The Envious Lobster collects earlier U.S. nature writing and environmental writing for children. Aimed at a broad audience including scholars, teachers at all levels, students, parents, reading groups, and (of course) children, the current draft anthology comprises about 300 entries in multiple genres. As the editorial collective expands, we anticipate that the anthology will, too. If you have ideas about texts or supporting materials you would like to see included, please email Professor Kilcup, the General Editor (klkilcup AT uncg DOT edu).