Poetry Journey! Which Poems Are we going to study?

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About us, Please Mrs Butler by Allan Ahlberg, Human Beings by Adrian Mitchell, Promise by Jessica Sills, Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, Growing Pain by Vernon Scannel

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