Apparition by Lauren H., Hopkinton, MA I was asleep that night The night when its fatal wings beat a path Through the covered bridge The one that they used to cross in their tired Fords. When I rolled over it had passed through the bridge ... Continue...
Dancing With Him by Aly E., Warsaw, Poland, To tango, rock, hip hop, to music, I dance with him.
My toes on his toes, my youth to his adulthood, my hand in his hand, I dance with him. ... Continue...
Decision Cycle by Danielle F., Haymarket, VA Merge Left or Merge Right You can go one way See the line of grand openings Of doors for your life: Buy 2, Get 1 Free ... Continue...
Eggshells by Connor M., Solon, OH As I stepped into the crisp cool October night, watching the moon rise the length of a 25 m.p.h. sign. ... Continue...
Gasp by Elizabeth E., Frankfort, IL O wise autumn You are perfect in your imperfection You are a teacher and a healer You restore my wearied summer soul To the bright colorful sunset that the cold air of fall makes whole ... Continue...
Hide & Seek by Bethany K., Clarkston, MI The smoke flared up in the midnight sky and hundreds of mosquitoes buzzed around the campfire. It was a rumor then that when you tighten your thigh ... Continue...
Icicles by Kaylie A., Cary, IL when did the world turn to fire? it used to be so cold, so dead. the only heat that ever came was from the toys they built for war, ... Continue...
If the moon could see a night sky listening by Emilie L., Madison, WI If the moon could see, and the night sky could listen, they would see and hear her next to me. Eyes shut, mouth shaped open like a glazed donut ... Continue...
Mama’s Things by Heather M., Stanardsville, VA We were the bangs that covered her eyes ... the bangs thathadn’t been washed in ages and so we danced around herforehead, ... Continue...
Marmalade Sunrise by Sarah B., W. Mesquite, TX In apricot skies The sun mimics toast delight Marmalade sunrise
Math by Tara C., Bellingham, MA I cannot solve this way,” Said loud and smart Dave Jose. “I know the measures and the liters. The sums, numbs’ and circums’ in meters. My work is set, my notes are right, ... Continue...
My New Shadow by Katelyn G., New City, NY The games we played Monopoly You hated them But you still sat And listened ... Continue...
My Paper Crane by Rebecca S., Bryn Mawr, PA Your face is perfectly (still) A contrast to the Wrinkled, cowardly loose-leaf Of your note. Hands That once gesticulated like ... Continue...
My Poetic License by Nik , Kalispell, MT Drowning Similes and metaphors pull me in slowly And finally, the rhyme scheme fills my mouth and nose ’Til I cry out in foreshadows Night Time ... Continue...
New Orleans by Jenna P., Hopkinton, MA Old man on the pier - claims he’s the human jukebox. “Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Lou Armstrong, a dollar for my service, just a dollar, please.” Something about his manner, ... Continue...
Pluck-A-lash by Katherine T., Troy, MI somewhere between your ILUVGOD license plate and the cheap tinsel angel beneath your rearview mirror we met so abruptly I barely glanced at the ... Continue...
Rain by Adam R., W. Chazy, NY Water’s sharp sweet sound dropping into giant trees rustling wet fall leaves
Sonnet by Alice Y., San Gabriel, CA In seasons mild and harsh the farmer waits With patience uncorrupted and well-bound; No thoughts ambitious pretty within him bates Him from his nourished, life-producing ground ... Continue...
What My Grandfather Told Me by Jonny O., Tucson, AZ He said his heart was made of grain His woes were cinder dust That washed away with the rain He said the farm was built with pain The harvest sewn with seeds of trust ... Continue...
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