Beans – Eva-Maria Sher

Beans

Eva-Maria Sher

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Wax bean
green bean
purple bean
soy.

Chickpea
turtle and
navy bean
ahoy.

Snap bean
bush bean
pinto bean
whoa!

Pole and
runner bean
don’t hurry
so!

Dwarf bean
fava bean
cow pea
moo.

Lima bean
German and
French bean
too.

Jack bean
sword bean
potato bean
hey—

A bean
is a bean
is a bean
I say.

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Eva-Maria Sher was born in Germany before the end of WWII. She emigrated to the United States at seventeen and lives on a farm in Clinton, Washington with her husband, Ron, and their two Leonberger puppies, Minnie and Tasha. She thoroughly enjoys playing with the language of her adopted country.