"Wise Trees" by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel (Abrams Books, 192 pages, in stores Tuesday) In elementary school, I had a teacher who would make her students study and memorize poems. I can't recite the poems in full from memory 50 years later, but some of the verses still stick in my head as if I learned them yesterday. “Abou Ben Adhem, (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace.” (Leigh Hunt). “The woods are lovely, dark and deep.Read more on NewsOK.com