night

Poetry·Julia Marcus, age 13 — A girl traces her name in breath-fog on an evening window, observing how light casts her shadow onto the lawn below.

Poetry·Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer, age 13 — A girl and her father venture into woods to craft a bow and arrows from oak branches, shooting them into the star-filled evening sky.

Poetry·Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer, age 13 — On New Year's Eve in Pucón, local teenagers slaughter a lamb for tourists' supper while a volcano erupts, creating a moment of apocalyptic tension.

Poetry·Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer, age 13 — A prose poem captures running with a silver poodle by the ocean, where salt air mingles with thoughts of politics and stars emerge from boredom.

Poetry·Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer, age 13 — A bored car ride to Cape Cod transforms when the window frames a night sky full of stars, glowing trees, and the canal that signals almost home.

Poetry·Analise Braddock, age 9 — A space beast who devours endlessly doesn't belong in sky or sea, caught between realms with a roar that breaks doors and disturbs all peace.

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 child's declaration of eternal play extends from day to night through cosmic destruction, flying cars, and the world's last light being blown out after a thousand years.

Poetry·Juliet Del Fabbro, age 11 — Cool summer nights become a canvas where stars rewrite the world, breezes snake through ivy, and memory crystallizes into art.

Poetry·Isabel Goodey, age 11 — A child's boredom becomes a moored boat rocking in a dreary bay, while stars twinkle merrily and gulls squawk terribly above.