Poetry
— A child observes birds soaring through clouds and returning to birdhouses where they know they're free, celebrating their joyful sounds and movements.
— The law, the law. Sometimes I hate the law. Paying taxes for things like axes? The law, the law. Sometimes I love the law. Especially when you add “coles” in...
— A thirteen-year-old explores memory and perception through four vignettes: coffee grounds and bird eggs, violin practice, shower wall patterns, and a childhood dream of walking on eggs.
— During Hurricane Sandy's blackout, a family lights their first fire, boils water for foot-soaking, and finds calm while wind rages outside their dark house.
— A series of questions explores the nature of friendship, wondering about true motivations and what friends are supposed to be.
— A meditation on feeling trapped by others' expectations transforms into a plea for empathy and a vision of freedom through flight and song.
— A young writer explores the gap between how peers see her—aloof, friendless—and how she sees herself: kind, connected, surviving through writing.
— A poem about the sudden, irresistible pull of nature that draws you outside to turn cartwheels under the moon and watch the world spin.
— A lake speaks through a young swimmer, revealing both its natural beauty—kingfishers, trout, pines—and the damage humans have inflicted upon it.
— A crow flies free from troubles, basking in sun, her firm voice neither screaming nor complacent, taking only what's unwanted like vultures do.