I'm looking for the author of a poem I believe is entitled, "starfish". A poem in which someone comes upon another throwing starfish back into the ocand during lowtide and being told it was a futile attempt. To which he/she replies "It matters to this one", as they throw antoher starfic back into the ocean. Could you please furinsh me with the name of the poet. I believe her first name is Margaret

-- Thomas Pryor (pryortt@ohsu.edu), January 31, 2000

Answers

As I walked along the seashore

This young boy greeted me.

He was tossing stranded starfish

Back to the deep blue sea.

I said, 'tell me why you bother,

Why you waste your time this way.

There's a million stranded starfish

Does it matter anyway?'

And he said 'It matters to this one.

It deserves a chance to grow.

It matters to this one.

I can't save them all, I know,

But it matters to this one,

I'll return it to the sea,

It matters to this one.

And it matters to me.'

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), January 31, 2000.

this is an old story, turned into a poem by ... someone ! author unknown . As I walked along the seashore This young boy greeted me. He was tossing stranded starfish Back to the deep blue sea. I said, 'tell me why you bother, Why you waste your time this way. There's a million stranded starfish Does it matter anyway?'

And he said 'It matters to this one. It deserves a chance to grow. It matters to this one. I can't save them all, I know, But it matters to this one, I'll return it to the sea, It matters to this one. And it matters to me.'

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), January 31, 2000.