nature
— A nine-year-old observes the borrowed life of a rented farmhouse—fake flowers, visiting cats, painted oceans—cataloging what is temporary and what endures.
— A girl recounts a week on a farm where cats have the wrong names, adventures lead through tick-filled grass, and moments are too perfect for words.
— A poem traces a plant's journey from sprout breaking through soil to flower blooming in sunlight, celebrating each stage of growth.
— A girl recalls three years of observing squirrels, rabbits, and birds from her Illinois home's windows before returning to China.
— A child vows to keep a secret forever, measuring that promise against apocalyptic visions of environmental destruction and the end of the world.
— A young poet explores cosmic scale through parallel structures, contrasting the singular (one mind, one world) with the multiple (thousand eyes, thousand hearts).
— A disembodied perspective from a ditch observes the world above—sun, sky, ladybugs—while grass grows wild around what remains.
— A young poet stands with open hands, waiting to receive rain, life, and all the world's green until only she remains in eternal readiness.
— A child sits alone in a forest clearing, imagining mushrooms whispering comfort, then floats with a friend to an imaginary world of happiness surrounded by nature.
— A young writer captures the moment of creative paralysis before inspiration strikes, celebrating words as 'lines of grace' that bring thought to life.