The Spinning Earth, Aileen Fisher, 1906-2002 The earth, they say spins round and round. It doesn't look like it from the ground, and never makes a spinning sound. And water never swirls and swishes from oceans full of dizzy fishes, and shelves don't lose their pans and dishes. And houses don't go whirling by, or puppies swirl around the sky, and robins spin instead of fly. It may be true what people say about spinning night and day... but I keep on wondering anyway.