Poetry

Poetry·Blythe Davis, age 9 — A child observes how her cat's contented tiredness differs from human exhaustion and imagines a world where we could all be tired in that peaceful, satisfied way.

Poetry·Necla Asveren, age 12 — After humanity reaches for the stars and drowns in riches, survivors emerge from bunkers to find a transformed world with golden moons and purple grass.

Poetry·Lilly Davatzes, age 11 — Letters crash like storm waves and words dive like birds in this visceral metaphor for the experience of dyslexia.

Poetry·Lilly Davatzes — My soul is a unicycle Either going too fast or Too slow Sometimes just right Gravity always wins It falls like a raindrop from the clouds

Poetry·Bliss Chua — Creation, soul, mortal, Days, growth, heart— Life is something you can’t restart.

Poetry· — A note from Tayleigh Happy First-Day-of-Spring-Session-Writing-Workshops! Our first Writing Workshop of the spring session—William Rubel’s—begins this morning at 9 AM Pacific, to be followed by Conner Bassett’s at 11 AM Pacific. Today is...

Poetry·Katie Furman — Furry and wise but bold with pride smart as a fox slick as a fox no fright in sight goes out at night comes home with a snack possibly a...

Poetry·Katie Furman, age 10 — A child's vision of a starlit doorway where wonder transforms darkness into clarity, eyes become windows to the soul, and grass appears dreamlike.

Poetry·Ismini Vasiloglou, age 11 — A stream-of-consciousness meditation on the pencil as both physical object and metaphor for writing's power to transform sadness into expression.

Poetry·Rex Huang, age 11 — A nature poem moves through seasons and small dramas — a cat-mouse chase, beavers splashing, a robin's descent — to reveal nature's hidden language.