Young Poets

“Home Is Not Where the Heart Is” by Annasofia Padua

Rattle / August 6, 2016

Annasofia Padua (age 15) HOME IS NOT WHERE THE HEART IS If home was where the heart is, mine would […]

Rattle / July 30, 2016

Shira Moolten (age 14) DOUBT Doubt hides her face in shadows, covers all the mirrors in her house. She wears

Rattle / July 23, 2016

Clay Mills (age 13) THE BEAUTY WE DON’T SEE Followed by pigeons And an untamable stench A man closes fingers

Rattle / July 16, 2016

Xanthe McElroy (age 9) THE GHOST OF THE TICKET SELLER He arrives no more than a lingering soul He sells

Rattle / July 9, 2016

Rylee McBride (age 7) ROAR There was an old man who heard a roar. There was an old man who

Rattle / July 2, 2016

Eva Mathew (age 11) MY KITTY My kitty scratched my door and he woke me in the night Yes my