Young Poets

“The Flower Thinking” by Lakelynn Amelia

Rattle / January 9, 2016

Lakelynn Amelia (age 5) THE FLOWER THINKING after a photograph of Sulphur Cosmos by Gail Goepfert Do the flowers smell? […]

Rattle / January 2, 2016

Gabriella Alexis (age 15) FLOWERING My grandmother is always up to dress the sun. She smooths the creases in her

Rattle / November 14, 2015

Tianyue Xia (age 9) MINI POEMS I want to make the little white pearls of snow into a necklace for

Rattle / November 7, 2015

Tianyue Xia (age 9) TIME As slow as a winding stream. As fast as a rapid waterfall. When I play,

Rattle / October 31, 2015

E. Wen Wong (age 11) I WISH I wish that birds would never fly away, I wish that clocks would

Rattle / October 24, 2015

Allison Wise (age 15) SYNESTHESIA A neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic,