Clean-up Crew
A bottle,
a cup,
a wrapper,
a can.
We bend,
we pick up,
we’re a team with a plan.
With gloves, sweat,
and love,
we care for this land.
We speak up,
we show up
with heart and with hands.
a cup,
a wrapper,
a can.
We bend,
we pick up,
we’re a team with a plan.
With gloves, sweat,
and love,
we care for this land.
We speak up,
we show up
with heart and with hands.
This poem is copyright (©) Mary E Cronin 2026
About the Writer
Mary E Cronin
Mary E. Cronin lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Her books include Trucks, Boots, and Bells, a poetry collection set in a busy city firehouse, and Like a Mother Bear, a picture book biography of PFLAG founder Jeanne Manford. Mary’s poems have appeared in numerous children’s anthologies and in The New York Times. You can reach her at www.maryecronin.com.
