Poetry

Poetry·Laylah Burstein — As autumn brings a sense of spring, I sigh and eat another peach.

Poetry·Luka Simpson-Khan — A witch narrates her daily routine of potion-making, mushroom hunting, fortune-telling, and mirror-breaking, all told with playful rhyming couplets.

Poetry·Raya Ilieva — A girl and her brother search for an owl in the woods, find it perched on an oak tree, and watch in wonder until it flies away.

Poetry·Enni Harlan — In a grocery store's frozen aisle, siblings shiver in T-shirts while their mother shops, finding warmth in imagined tastes and makeshift shopping-bag capes.

Poetry·Foster Russell — As I climb up the mountain, I choose to be alone. As I brave the cold, I feel quite bold as I encounter a heaping Boulder. It is a rock...

Poetry·Enni Harlan — A child transforms a piano practice session into an imaginary train journey, packing vintage hats from a decorated hatbox while Hanon exercises repeat downstairs.

Poetry·Enni Harlan — A girl brings a curtain rod to school as a cane after injuring her foot, transforming recess into an imaginary voyage across seas, inspiring her friend to seek the same...

Poetry·Enni Harlan — A child compares lunches with a classmate, each envying what the other has—yogurt versus rice with seaweed—discovering that nothing tastes as good when it's yours.

Poetry·Enni Harlan — A kindergartner with selective mutism finds her voice when seated next to a girl with a butterfly-decorated lunchbox, capturing the moment connection breaks through silence.

Poetry·Enni Harlan — Siblings build a twig house in a clover field after rain, only to find their creation destroyed by gardeners the next day.