This one combines science and history, two of my favorite subjects. If you know the answer, you can learn the role of this charming creature in the history of the United States. Remember that not all history is nice, even if sometimes there are happy endings.
What are your favorite study subjects? What topics would you like to turn into riddles? I hope you’ll share your riddles with the world.
Sharon Edge Martin is a reading specialist, poet, and writer whose work has appeared in such magazines as Family Circle, Oklahoma Today, Outside, True West and in Michael Bugeja’s The Art and Craft of Poetry. She writes a weekly essay for Oklahoma Observer and is a frequent reader in Oklahoma’s spoken poetry scene. Her first picture book is Froggy Bottom Blues (2017). Her first full length book of poetry is Not a Prodigal (2018). When she isn't teaching poetry workshops or presenting at schools, you'll find her on the farm with her artist husband, a dog, two cats, and a couple dozen chickens.
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