by
Phoebe Donovan
Age 13
Published September 1, 2022
A delayed plane pushes an estranged mother and son together My shoes clack satisfyingly, importantly on the airport floor. The wheels of my suitcase spin not-quite silently on the ground as I head toward the...
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Kathleen Werth
Age 12
Published September 1, 2022
A reflection on the moon and sun The sun is odd. We need it to survive. If we get too much of it, however, we die, and the use becomes useless. We won’t need it...
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Landen Cusick
Age 12
Published September 1, 2022
An idyllic evening on a lake sparks newfound clarity in the narrator Grass enclosed my feet with every step I took. The sky was pigmented blue, newer than my eyes had ever seen before. The...
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Enni Harlan
Age 14
Published September 1, 2022
from Remember the Flowers Winner (Poetry) of the 2021 Stone Soup Book Contest All I knew of the cold was the grocery store— the frozen food aisle where we shivered in our T-shirts while Umma...
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Avah Dodson
Age 13
Published September 1, 2022
A hero prepares to slay a dragon—but the dragon has other plans The hero had not signed up for this. When she had set out on her quest, sword raised, ready for an adventure, and...
