Poetry
— A young poet imagines a distant land where theatrical beings act out our dreams, created by God so humans could experience wonder during sleep.
— A lost red balloon travels the world searching for the child who let go, eventually finding freedom in Antarctica among millions of other balloons.
— A father and daughter venture into the woods to craft a bow and arrows, transforming branches into instruments that sing and shoot arrows toward stars that scamper like foxes.
— A surreal dream sequence where thunder and chaos transform New York City, ending with whale-like creatures becoming morning doves in the restored calm.
— A child's meditation on the moon's solitude and steadfast companionship with Earth, emphasizing its loneliness through repetition.
— A teacher introduces experimental poetry written by multilingual students in Shanghai, created through unconventional writing prompts designed to spark wild imagination.
— A young writer describes the frustration of writer's block like drowning in lava and the relief of finding words like sleeping on a smooth waterfall.
— A young writer describes preparing for the journey into imagination like bundling up for winter, knowing she might not find her way back.
— A dreamlike poem where nothing and noone inhabit a valley of inverted colors and upside-down trees, until someone and everyone arrive to paint the sky with love.
— A boy's stream of anxious questions about loneliness, belonging, and fear spirals into a plea for connection and normalcy.