Poems focusing on universal emotions, as expressed by poets from diverse backgrounds, including Joseph Bruchac, Nikki Grimes, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Pat Mora, Janet S. Wong, and many others.

Amazing face / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- from My Chinatown / Kam Mak -- from Which way to dreamland? / Carole Boston Weatherford -- Me x 2 [and] Yo x 2 / Jane Medina -- Miss Stone / Nikki Grimes -- I'm the one / Jude Mandell -- Karate kid / Jane Yolen -- Hero / Tom Robert Shields -- High in the sky / Pat Mora -- Living above Good Fortune / Janet S. Wong -- Hamburger heaven / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- A young soldier / Prince Redcloud -- Firefighter face / Mary E. Cronin -- Aunt Molly Sky / Joseph Bruchac -- Abuela / J. Patrick Lewis -- My people / Langston Hughes.