birds

Poetry·Gemma Crimmins — A rhythmic poem cycles through the seasons, from winter's wind to spring's hum to summer's speed, ending where it began with winter returning.

Poetry·Ava Luangkesorn — Birds endure a devastating storm that transforms their peaceful sea home, then witness the rainbow and crystalline water that follow.

Poetry·Lexie Dolliver — A sensory celebration of summer unfolds through repeated refrains of birdsong, ocean waves, flowers, and family gatherings.

Poetry·Xi Huang — Fragmented observations from a desk window capture April's blooming world through colors, birds, and flowers in stream-of-consciousness style.

Poetry·Holly Jane Doyle — A walk through winter woods reveals tiny mushrooms listening to every sound — from robins hopping to rooks cawing to human footsteps.

Poetry·Holly Jane Doyle — Men with feathered heads descend to a berry bar, dollar in hand, seeking berries the size of bunny tails in this surreal prose poem.

Poetry·Oola Breen-Ryan — A morning walk reveals birds like phoenixes and dahlias like fireballs, ending with the burial of a bumblebee and hope for its resurrection.

Story·Emily Chang — A year after accidentally injuring her best friend on a snow day, Anna struggles with loneliness until a wounded bird helps her find a path toward healing and reconnection.

Poetry·Kimberly Hu — A meditation on how quiet neighborhoods and all places contain hidden fullness, where every creature from birds to spiders belongs in the peaceful whole.

Poetry·Svitra Rajkumar — A poem observes how a duck's serenity triggers envy, then flips perspective to reveal the observer as the ugly duckling and the duck as the swan.