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Poetry·Stella Lewin — A poem captures the immersive act of writing as ink consumes the page, until external sounds and the command to 'Look up' break the spell.

Poetry·Ida Wiesenfeld — Swallows move through a day from dawn to twilight, their appearance transforming with the changing light from silver firs to moonlit wings.

Poetry·Clarie Pierce — A rock on the beach narrates what it has witnessed over ages — seagulls, tides, weddings, sunsets — and invites readers to make memories it will keep safe.

Poetry·Kai-Yi Olsen — A child traces the day from morning cheer through sunset to a dark night where drops fall outside and nothing returns.

Story·Jubilee Sung — A bored 12-year-old builds a time machine from trash, travels to ancient Alexandria with her talking cat, and must convince Julius Caesar not to burn the library to save human...

Story·Evangeline Gustavson — A woman nurtures a mysterious seedling that grows into an extraordinary plant, dies, and leaves offspring; after her death, she reunites with the plant's true spirit—a boy.

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·Beatrice Milasan — A train passenger watches the ocean transform from violent turquoise waves to peaceful sunset, remembering childhood drawings and contemplating permanence amid change.

Poetry·Madeline Male — A brief meditation on the paradox of 'now' — how the present moment of writing becomes the past by the time of reading.

Poetry·Madeline Male — A meditation on time as both enemy and friend, resolving to embrace each day's activities rather than mourn its passing.