Cover Art: At the Fish Ladder by Heather Dickinson, Issue #11.
How to Read This Issue
Use the color tabs to find the recommended age group for each poem and story. The tabs are a guide for which age group might appreciate a poem or story best.
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- = Ages 12+
Letter from the Editors
Poems
- Creation
by Pat Severin
- Nora’s World
by Pat Severin
- Summer
by Polina Moys
- Hide-n-Go Seek
by Jason Kirk Bartley
- The Merry-Go-Round
by Jason Kirk Bartley
- Water
by Bella Morin (age 13)
- The Lord’s Ensemble
by Jonathan S. Harris
- Three Donkeys
by Marcia N. Lynch
- Ode to a Mother
by Polina Moys
- Both Pluses and Minuses
by Kataleigha Walsh (age 11)
- Five Haiku Poems
by Sean Wild
- Advice on TV News: Pick Up Small Children
by Cleo Griffith
- The Pond Skater
by Marcia N. Lynch
- Turtle Crossing
by Stacey Longo Graham
- Fine Looking Day Angel
by Denise Landry
- That Heavenly Car
by Cleo Griffith
- Ode to Soup
by P.T.K. Vasquez
- Deeper Well
by Kyler Littlejohn
- Four Random Thoughts About Food
by Rachel Michelle Collier
- Sun Parallax
by Rachel Michelle Collier
- The Calling
by Alexa Zielkowski (age 11)
- He Rode a Borrowed Burro
by Marcia N. Lynch
- I Climbed a Cliff
by Catherine Cruz (age 17)
- Storms and Howling Winds — Two Poems
by Paul Kaddis (age 15)
- From Luke 10 and Psalm 119:2
by Timothy Horne
- David Before the Stone
by Abraham Aondoana
- Psalm for the Kid Who Feels Small
by Abraham Aondoana
- Wildflowers in Beautiful Landscapes
by Bella Morin (age 13)
- Perennial and Stained Glass Window — Two Poems
by Jude Nixon (age 16)
- Spring
by Olivia Kaddis (age 12)
- A Rainy Day in May
by P.T.K. Vasquez
- It is time to return to the woods
by Roslyn Weaver
- Fav Color
by Rachel Michelle Collier
- Heartfelt God
by Ashley Hughes
- Waves of Time and Treasure — Two Poems
by Selah Cross (age 16)
- Spring
by Henri Meraz (age 12)
- Loving Your Neighbor
by Abraham Aondoana
- Rainbow, Stargazing, and Eternal Hope — Three Poems
by Pearl E. Gaston (age 12)
- Spring in the Farmer’s Field
by Abhinav Vennapureddy (age 12)
Jokes
- Delilah Joke
by Caleb Scheurwater (age 12)
Stories
- The Garden of Second Chances
by Hayley Archer (age 13)
- The Valentine’s Day Thief
by Faith Morin (age 11)
- Butterfly
by Alexa Zielkowski (age 13)
- Never Forsaken
by Ellie Johnson (age 17)
- The Light That Breaks Through the Darkness
by Sydney Riley (age 15)
- Converted
by Aniya Fisher (age 13)
- The Path Ahead
by Kris Flynn
- The Gentleman
by Gemma Burnham (age 15)
- Beatrix’s Downfall: Part 1
by Holly Braendlein
- Beatrix’s Downfall: Part 2
by Holly Braendlein
- After Last Summer
by Morgan Want
- The Weight Inside
by Elsie Gentz (age 14)
- I Remember
by Ashley C. Shannon
Art & Photography
- Light and Salt and Oceans — Two Artworks
by Tiffany Nicole Fletcher
- May Apples
by Marcia N. Lynch
- The Love of God
by Tiffany Nicole Fletcher
- King Parrot and Australian Native Honey Bee — Two Drawings
by Chicken Palmer
- At the Fish Ladder
by Heather Dickinson
- Lily Watercolor
by Alexa Zielkowski (age 15)
- Two Drawings
by Richard Hanus
- Strawberries
by Lisa C Reynolds and Vivienne Bretherick
- Vikurkirkja and Good morning, Wick Farm — Two Photographs
by Michael Shoemaker
Recipe
- Super Soft Scrambled Eggs
by Faith Morin (age 11)
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