Cover Art: Touch by G.K. Elliott, age 14, Issue #8.
How to Read This Issue
Use the color tabs to find the recommended age group for each poem and story. Everything in this issue is family-friendly — the tabs are only a guide for what age group might appreciate a poem or story best.
- = Ages 6+
- = Ages 8+
- = Ages 10+
- = Ages 12+
Letter From the Editors
Poems
- The Walrus
by Marcia N. Lynch
- The Petting Zoo
by Jason Kirk Bartley
- Grocery Shopping
by Pat Severin
- The World’s Greatest Cook
by H.L. Dowless
- Naughty Monkey
by Aarav Jain, age 10
- Box Poem and Water — Two Poems
by Faith Morin, age 9
- Gary the Scary Troll
by Mike Dailey
- The Giraffe’s Dilemma
by Marcia N. Lynch
- Down Kids
by Mike Dailey
- A Horse Went to a Seahorse
by Marcia N. Lynch
- The Hobby Horse
by Jason Kirk Bartley
- Big & Little
by Pat Severin
- Poem by Mom for Her Son Who Loves Bollywood Music
by Karishma Jain
- Among the Pines
by Gigi Ryan
- Empathy
by Fiona Halliday
- The Great Protectors and The Light — Two Poems
by Bella Trinity Morin, age 11
- Creation
by Catherine Valentine
- Take One Bite
by Harold Whisman
- A Royal Gift from God
by Ruby Grace Guerrero, age 14
- A New Song
by Marcia N. Lynch
- The Potter’s Wheel
by Marcia N. Lynch
- Anny Dawt
by Tim Horne
- Prayer 153
by John Dexter
- Again
by Joy Nevin Axelson
- Home Video
by Morgan Carlock Clark
- Worship
by Lori Wall-Holloway
- Meadowlark
by Amy Lindquist
- Imagining What Happened to My Lost Birthday Card with Money
by Morgan Carlock Clark
- Eagles’ Wings
by Esther Neamt, age 17
- The Flight
by G.K. Elliott, age 14
- Wand’ring an Open Season
by Edy Blamires, age 15
Comics
- Tornadoes
by Marcia N. Lynch
- Bees Marketing Meeting
by Marcia N. Lynch
Jokes
- Two Jokes
by Aarav Jain, age 10
Stories
- Chester A. Arthur
by Marcia N. Lynch
- Reflections
by Renny Gehman
- Finding Sunrise
by Stephanie Mathews
- Against the Elements
by Holly Braendlein, age 16
- Snowdrop
by G.K. Elliott, age 14
- Stars Under the Bed
by Gemma Burnham, age 14
- Grandma’s Story
by Edy Blamires, age 15
- September Sky
by Morgan Carlock Clark
- Inundated Heart
by Emma Franzo, age 17
- Jaylin
by Adele Nickerson
- Alive
by Sophia Stravitsch, age 14
Art & Photography
- A Heart for Nature and Happy Leaf — Two Photographs
by Janina Aza Karpinska
- Nature’s Pearls and Ripple of Serenity — Two Photographs
by Karishma Jain
- Two Collages
by Irina Tall Novikova
- Peaceful Life
by Ava Braendlein
- Touch and Beyond the Water — Two Paintings
by G.K. Elliott, age 14
- Sidewalk Art, Moonlight by the Dock, From Here to Eternity, Afternoon Shimmer and Shadow, and A Leaf on the Pavement — Five Photographs
by Michael Shoemaker
- Good vs. Evil
by Bryce Milton, age 11
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