flowers

Story·Allison Hansford — A lyrical catalog of a garden's inhabitants — leaves, trees, bushes, flowers, birds, and bugs — celebrates nature's overwhelming abundance and mystery.

Poetry·Ava Luangkesorn — A catalog poem assigns each punctuation mark a corresponding flower based on visual or metaphorical connections between their forms and functions.

Poetry·Hana Shqairat — Spring's arrival transforms a winter landscape as snow melts, flowers bloom, leaves sing, and the natural world awakens to renewed life.

Poetry·Mirabel Sandler — A poem contrasts natural elements with human infrastructure, calling for a shift in how we see and treat the earth's beauty.

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

Poetry·Evans Yaffee — A child walks in spring rain, observing flowers and feeling raindrops, remembering being small as the world seems to look back.

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·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·Nate Varga — A lost British soldier stumbles upon a Bedouin camp in the Arabian desert and is led to witness the rare blooming of the Queen of the Night flower, triggering memories...

Poetry·Shivanshi Dutt — A nature walk reveals both beauty—maple trees, flowers, sunlight—and pollution—aluminum cans, plastic bags—prompting the question: are we caring enough for Earth?