Poetry

  

“Eight Ways of Looking at the Earth” and “Another Word for Mother”

James Tobias, age 12, shows us how the Earth can be looked at in more ways than one, and Anna Blech, age 13, provides two sides of the mother-daughter relationship in their poems from the Fall 2009 issue of Creative Kids.

“It’s Not the Iron’s Fault” and “Feelings”

Joe Block, age 15, discusses how we take our emotions out on the objects in our lives in “It’s Not the Iron’s Fault,” and Tony Gouw, age 18, shares his “Feelings,” in this poetry from the Summer 2009 issue of Creative Kids.

“A Soldier’s Creed,” “Night Sounds in the Woods of Maine,” and “Invisible”

Molly Cesare, age 14, Ben Firsick, age 14, and Jenna Stragand, age 15, share their fantastic poetry on this page, featured in the Spring 2009 issue of Creative Kids.

“All the World’s a Stage” and “In the Background”

Michaela Marincic, age 14, shares her poem “All the World’s a Stage,” and Constance Rhodes, age 15, looks at the pressure of test-taking in “In the Background,” in this poetry from the Winter 2008–2009 issue of Creative Kids.

“Scarlet Distraction” and “In Tune”

Hadley Hauser, age 15, examines the winter red bird, while Hayley Schroeder, age 13, pays tribute to music, in their poetry, featured in the Winter 2008–2009 issue of Creative Kids.