July/August 2020

Poetry·Analise Braddock — Never out or the future in Down the bowels of the abyss the heart will be in But the body is out You are always never alone

Poetry·Analise Braddock — It’s old still and quiet. No heart at all. Just a place. The emptiness makes my heart hollow. I feel it’s been stolen. Hurry there is not much time.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A young poet reflects on the fleeting nature of days, the irreversibility of time, and the pull of home as evening approaches.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A devil and angel switch moral roles after the angel bites the devil's ear, which transforms into a halo the devil swallows.

Poetry·Analise Braddock — Dangle and drop as lonely as can be wish for friends just like themselves if only they could see the other side.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A young poet imagines a love drawing that awaits completion when the right hearts find each other, expressing patient hope for connection.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — The ocean's mysteries and movements become a meditation on unanswered questions and the human need to understand what remains unknowable.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A young writer explores how imagination can't be controlled or remade, getting lost in holes of deep thinking but remaining uniquely yours.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A baby named Daisy visits a rocking chair in the woods daily until vines overtake it and it disappears, leaving only memory.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A child imagines living in a tree stump, ready to emerge and dance like moonlight over meadows, finding home in the earth itself.