Oversized Novelty Head
by Jeremy F., New City, NY
Jutting out from an ostentatious periwinkle turtleneck,
A great cranium protrudes into the world of pinheads, its summit
Sprouting seeds now fully matured into luscious locks
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Hunter’s Lane
by Allison B., Devon, PA
“don’t run into the street!”
we were warned as children
playing with pastel-colored chalk
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Untitled
by Megan B., Berkeley Heights, NJ
Nights came with the flicks of fireflies
and on clear nights,
mistaking the glow for stars
was not uncommon.
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What Is a Girl to Do?
by Kaity G., Union Mills, IN
Between the swooshing
Of the respirator,
Between the beeping
Of those big machines,
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Fallen
by Madeleine W., Hopkinton, MA
I let
eternity slide by
and then suddenly
I tamed my
timid thoughts
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Lessons
by Ming Min H., E. Setauket, NY
I never found out whether
or not
the paint dried
on the park bench outside my door.
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Uniqueness
by Abigail D., Gainesville, VA
Lockers stretch down the hall,
identical to one another.
One cloned from the other,
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Papa, Remember Your Mia
by Minh T., Boca Raton, FL
Papa, as you sit and your eyes do not see me,
Do you remember when you chased me through green grass?
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Sunset
by Lindsey H., Mansfield, IL
A fading sun
We lay in the soft grass
Thinking
Wondering
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Untitled
by Alexandra W., Ligonier, PA
A stranger on a bench
who would gladly give his life
A day would come we’d sure remember
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Un-forgetful
by Gregory B., Armonk, NY
A heavy bolt of lightning
Struck against the barn
Banging out its innocence
A blanket of flames
Covered the roof
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Mess
by Sarah F., Omaha, NE
Don’t untangle
So pretty
In the lamplight
Wonderfully confused,
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Modification
by Tricia E., Gainesville, VA
she presses too hard
and pencil scrapes white paper -
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Out of the Cellar
by Jane W., Makanda, IL
In the cool, damp cellar
Moisture condenses
On old lead pipes.
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Summer Unsummered
by Katy S., Richmond, VA
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Perone Creek
by Peter L., Silverhill, AL
Golden light dances across the surface
of the serene summer swimming hole.
Hidden creek with its rocky bed and sandy banks
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Cycle of the Sea
by Lauren ., Hopkinton, MA
A thousand grains of sand weave into a velvet blanket
that ripples with each surge in the clear waters above.
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Wednesday
by Caitlin S., Louisville, KY
here’s another drive home
without language,
and this music just
doesn’t express
what i wish i could tell you.
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Drowning
by Michael F., Virginia Beach, VA
Bubbles like dreams dance to the surface
Seeing the world for the first time,
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Home Calling
by Jennifer G., Kalispell, MT
Calls of a loon drift over the fog
Waves lapping a soothing rhythm,
Keeping beat for the song of the morning birds.
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