Kenneth Anderson
A tooth fell out
and left a space
so big my tongue
can touch my FACE.
And every time
I smile, I show
a place where some-
thing used to grow.
I miss my tooth,
as you may guess,
but then—I have to
brush one less.
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Art by Kenneth Anderson; Aileen Fisher, “But Then” from I Heard a Bluebird Sing. Copyright © 1980 by Aileen Fisher. Used with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of the Boulder Library Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.
But Then
By Aileen Fisher
From the October/November 2026 Issue
Learning Objective: Students will listen for rhyme and identify stanzas in a poem.
Featured Skill: Rhyming
Standards
Text-to-Speech