Water Laughter is like a cool glass of water. Refreshing, enjoyable. A cool trickle going down your throat. When you laugh, you forget the pile of homework, waiting at school for you. You forget about the fact that your mom is in the hospital, and you’re not sure if she’s ever going to come out again. You forget about grades and projects and friends. Your mind goes blank like a blackboard… and you laugh. You laugh to forget, you laugh to enjoy, you laugh to feel free. And as the sweating glass of water empties, you are forced back into the real world… The world where you belong. Zoë Cassinelli, 12San Rafael, California
Poetry-Reflections
Noire
A crow or raven against the black night. A cry from a lone child. A smooth dark rock thrown at you. A dot, sweet, warm, and black on your tongue. A musty smell, revolting at first, sweet afterwards, though too quick to catch. Scented like a black horse. At first sight, A child tattered, crying, and though silent makes the loudest sound. It is a whinny heard in the distance. It’s something or someone you love Who Dies. That’s Negro. Jonah O’Hara David, 10Norman, Oklahoma
The Jewel Case
I see you in a bowl Tantalizing me. I pick you up Your smoothness Goes unnoticed As I cut you into quarters Eagerly trying to get to Your ripeness. You are a red jewel case With red jewels inside you, Shimmering Like drops of blood. I take one jewel I put it to my lips I smell nothing But taste the Heavenliness Sweetness Deliciousness Of the Red pomegranate. Ruhi Sah, 11Brooklyn, New York
