wonder
— A prose poem explores mirrors as metaphors for self-examination, suggesting we must break and reconstruct our perceptions to find truth within reflection.
— A speaker rebels against expected questions (what, where, when) and instead asks 'why,' exploring the tension between curiosity and conformity.
— A young swimmer discovers the underwater world of a Bermuda coral reef, encountering a parrotfish that transforms her understanding of the ocean.
— A meditation on poetry's elusive nature through metaphors of spiderwebs in sunlight, chaos on paper, and the universe writing, ending with deliberate uncertainty.
— A zoo visitor observes how elephant shrews, overshadowed by elephants, still find their way into visitors' memories and diaries despite their smallness.
— A brief meditation on the paradox of 'now' — how the present moment of writing becomes the past by the time of reading.
— After witnessing a powerful storm from her Florida deck, a young girl discovers the ocean's terrifying magnificence and gains new understanding of its dual nature.
— A child's meditation on the beauty of the name Paulina spirals into wonder about meaning, naming, and the limits of knowledge.
— A young poet questions their abilities and identity through metaphors of fullness, loops, and tilting tables, ultimately affirming their excellence despite uncertainty.
— A speaker anxiously checks for signs of spring's arrival, moving from uncertainty to joyful confirmation as frost melts and soil awakens.