Virus by Chloe Deyo, 11 “Wash your hands.” “Don’t touch your face.” That’s what they say in every germy case. All it has brought is pain. I can’t get it out of my brain. It’s one of my greatest fears. I hope I don’t catch it here. Will the Coronavirus ever end? Will our hope ever mend? Chloe Deyo, 11 Pearland, TX

A COVID-19 POEM by Cali Bennett, 11 I hate COVID-19 It is bad, bad, bad It will not leave It is as intense as the cold water in the ocean, like when you are trying to get out of the water, but you can’t Like a river rushing all around you, then it’s all gone "I chose to write a poem instead of a story because I like how it tells how you are feeling inside.