July/August 2020

Poetry·Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer, age 13 — A young poet transforms a seashell into a golden rose, a spiral staircase, and a tower, finding ancient scrolls of saltwater within its chambers.

Poetry·Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer, age 13 — A bored car ride to Cape Cod transforms when the window frames a night sky full of stars, glowing trees, and the canal that signals almost home.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A young poet searches for a golden orb for seven days, finally discovering it feels unexpectedly salty to the touch.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A child's plea to be forgotten transforms everyday details—soup, Fruit Loops, a voice that travels through walls—into a meditation on presence and erasure.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A meditation on impossibility and perception, where belief and action create paradoxes, and inner vision doesn't match outer reality.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — Three parks compete to be the best, each amazing in its own way, fighting daily for supremacy while pleasing children who don't understand the rivalry.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A robot travels the world—from beaches to northern lights to hailstorms—waiting for someone to call, revealing loneliness through its metal body and computer brain.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A cat's protective fury over its belly transforms into a meditation on violence that no one—not Earth, not people, not even the cat—truly wants.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A playful meditation on hair elastics transforms a mundane object into something magical, capturing the physical sensation of summer heat and the relief of pulling hair back.

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