March 2022

Poetry·Woody Szydlik, age 12 — A student calculates how to spend the six minutes before online math class, watching pedestrians replace morning birds while time takes on new meaning.

Personal Narrative·Lila Carpenter, age 11 — A girl struggles with anger and sadness as she helps her sister move into a college apartment in Bar Harbor, finding clarity by the ocean.

Artwork·Linzi Cai

Story·Lydia Young, age 11 — Four friends venture through Star Forest to save the Tree of Life from the Eternal Cloud of Doom, discovering Mother Nature needs help protecting the environment.

Poetry·Grace Zhuang — The sun is a gigantic orange Waiting to be eaten by the night.

Artwork·Linzi Cai

Poetry·Grace Zhuang, age 6 — A young poet captures summer through garden flowers, beach dresses, and ocean waves, ending with a wish for the season to stay.

Artwork·Angela Tang

Poetry·Grace Zhuang, age 6 — A lotus flower announces summer's arrival through flying petals, not knowing she herself embodies the season she proclaims.

Artwork·Yueling Qian