Poetry

Poetry·Analise Braddock — You may be big You might have beauty You pull your face you smear your lips To look pretty Are you sure that is the right word More like vain

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A child's poem transforms an empty mansion into a haunted space through accumulating details of abandonment and decay.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A young writer imagines a digital universe with corrupted code 719, where trees shake and reality glitches as everything falls apart.

Poetry·Analise Braddock — Spin! Spins the disk Confetti in my face Swing my leg Beg to stop With a colorful song Mouth worn out shoes We dance in dread till we are read...

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A space beast who devours endlessly doesn't belong in sky or sea, caught between realms with a roar that breaks doors and disturbs all peace.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A portrait of a beloved teacher with hairy beard, runny nose, bitter jokes, and hard math who wins students over with cupcakes and stories.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A golden elephant comes alive when no one is watching, capable of human actions like tying shoes and diving in pools, existing between performance and secret life.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A surreal encounter at a juggle place leads to accusations of theft and a police litany of the narrator's strange misdeeds throughout the week.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A fierce warning about tigers mixes danger with unexpected tenderness, calling them siblings to baby pebbles and the award of everything.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A young poet's urgent plea for environmental action warns that without animals, 'the world is a joke' and challenges readers to reconsider who is truly foolish.