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Automat by Edward Hopper

Poem Age 11 Published October 25, 2023 by Emma Catherine Hoff

It doesn’t look like an automat, just a building that reeks of steel and machinery and aching backs, with a corner in which a woman sits at a table, invisible to everyone, scowling into her cup...
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Explosion in a Shingle Factory

Poem Age 11 Published October 25, 2023 by Emma Catherine Hoff

The stairs collapsed beneath her and as she fell, she prayed for her body not to be seen, not painted by a brush, she saw the sun, then the moon, nighttime descended as splinters of wood flew int...
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Frog Life

Art Age 11 Published October 25, 2023 by Emma Catherine Hoff

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Dear Friend

Poem Age 8 Published October 17, 2021 by Emma Catherine Hoff

They are dressed as if they just went to a funeral. Which they have. But only I know. They went to mourn In Los Angeles, And are staying at a hotel now.
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How to Share an Apricot

Poem Age 8 Published October 17, 2021 by Emma Catherine Hoff

I shared My apricot With a bird. It said, “Thank you.” I don’t know when the bird started talking. It wrapped me in its arms. It had a gentle grip. Such a gentle grip.
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The Ambassador

Poem Age 8 Published December 6, 2020 by Emma Catherine Hoff

After Giorgio de Chirico An ambassador. He has no mind, no face. He sits back in a daze. Like a dog, loyal to anyone who commands him to do anything. But with no mind.
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