By Rebecca Beaver
Published June 30, 2018
The moon ate my heart. My vision was tainted. I staggered forward, uncertain. I heard something disappear. I think— I am myself. I taste the hole in my chest. The moon’s smile mocks me. I...
By Ari Martinez
Published June 30, 2018
Miss-takes are like tissues instead of icing on a cake. Tying balloons to a garbage can made of aluminum. Take a miss Miss a take Tiss a make Aiss a ike Eiss a takm These...
By Ari Martinez
Published June 30, 2018
way too short and now there’s this feeling you know the one that’s like scratching sandpaper with your teeth or really more like where your teeth used to be.
By Sara Chebili
Published June 30, 2018
The chair by the avocado tree had turned a faded green from wear For years it sat untouched behind the orange-red sunsets Built for the old lady with the fishing hat who kept forgetting...
By Carly Vermillion
Published June 30, 2018
I was at the pond one day, feeding the fish, under the hot sun. When clouds have a conversation with the sun. A cool wave of air touches my fingers and toes. The fish...
By Karinne Ulrey, Illustrated by Eli Breyer Essiam
Published June 30, 2018
Say one sentence An ember sparks Say another Wind blows and swirls One more A wildfire
By Tommy Swartz
Published May 10, 2018
What's inside my messy head? Being funny And when I’m dead. Things I should’ve Done and said. And always stress About things lost And of my actions What will be the cost. Was that joke...
By Isaiah Albro
Published May 9, 2018
In the African sun there was a lion and the house cat. One day the cat told the lion to have a race. So the race started. They ran so fast a rock fell on...
By Isaiah Albro
Published May 9, 2018
There once was a mouse who played the keyboard. When he played at night the cats came out. The rats came out. The owls came out!
By Neel Rangan
Published May 8, 2018
There once was a land. So far and fine, Full of dreams and thoughts. The place people came when they dreamed, the place people came when they slept. So far and so high that no...
