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Poetry
Winter
A Kite.
Green
Boogaloo
Ruby A. Schneider
Dancing
Ruby A. Schneider
The Mustache
Juliette Limb-Goldstein
Looking
Adam Bellows
Clouds
Quincy Nielsen
Things of the Lost River
Thea Conole
Poems
Nirali Yedendra, age 9
A Man of Dreams
Sol Chung, age 10
The Four Seasons of Poetry
Sienna Beck, age 9
Spring
Soraya, age 11
A Beautiful Season
Elodie Cotton, age 9
Welcome Green
Stephanie S., age 9
Sail
Sol Chung, age 10
The Glowing Snow
Spark, age 10
Spring Has Sprung
Eleanor Charles, age 10
Poem of Writopia
Maya Wang-Habib, age 11
Acornburg
Cora Nelson, age 10
Hanukkah Joys
Daniela Avrekh, age 10
While Ghosts Fly
E. A. Charles, age 9
Fire – A Poem Collection
Daniela Avrekh, age 10
The Undiscovered Night: 3 Poems
Clio, age 9
A Collection of Nature Poems
Neva A.O., age 10
Central Park
Lisa, age 11
Window to the Future
Daniela Avrekh, age 10
Covid-19
Siennie Assegid, age 10
Home Poem
Yasmina Abbadi, age 11
Black
Gavin Bohaceck, age 9
Three Poems
Evan H. Seo, age 9
Sick
Mira, age 9
End Poem
Gavin Bohaceck, age 9
My Cat Has a Bell: A Short Story in Haiku
Matilda Magaldi, age 9
Snow Day
Amanda J. B., age 8
Spring
Lark, age 10
Sights – A Haiku Collection
Daniela Avrekh, age 9
I, Broken Girl
Daniela Avrekh, age 9
Aunt Marge’s dream
Sabine Song, age 11
Fruits are Healthy
JL, age 9
A Day of Inspiration
by Aliyah Daley-Reinisch, age 11
Ultraviolet & Infrared
by Obed Otto, age 10
Masks
Skylar S Rosado, age 11
She Wonders
Amanda J.B. Marcano-James, age 8
It’s Saturday
Julie-Alice, age 9
Hair to Fire, Fire to Hair
Ilan Rosenstock, age 11
I Am Gratitude
Clio, age 7
Grades
by Amogh Akella, age 11
Racism by Cops
by Kofi Asante-Abedi, age 11
The ABCs of Animals
by Michelle Li, age 8
Space is the Place
by Bobby, age 8
French Fries
by Chase Longsworth, age 10, and Loic Nguyen, age 9
The ABCs of Helpers
by Michelle Li, age 7
1 o’clock
by Beatrice Mooney, age 8
Obsessions
by Ellie Newton, age 10
Silver Boat
by Leena Rajkotia, age 9
On the Inside
by Nora Barcelona, age 9
Death by Lava
by Bayne Higgins, age 9
Chalk
by Sylvie Holder-Foster, age 10
RANDOM (Ridiculously Awesome Neatly Done Ominus Man)
by Zahir Chappelle, age 11
Poems
by Nathan Bachmann, age 11
The Thought Trilogy
by Jack Beauclair, age 11
Spring
by Emily Cornier-Lugo, age 10
Park Poems
by Colette Wang, age 11
The Moon
by Clovis Arteta-Chevalier, age 8
New York City
by Mia G. Desai, age 11
The Wise Old Tree
by Joah Karnik Kraft, age 11
When You’re Poor and You Still Live In Your Parent’s Basement When You’re Thirty: Enter the Whipped Cream Contest
by Aditya Pathiyal, age 10
How I Write
by Nabiha Islam, age 10
Bird Over Dove
by Phoebe Dowling, age 10
Pink
by Chloe Lee, age 11
Waking up and falling asleep
by Chloe Lee, age 11
Calm
by Beatrice K, age 9
Shoes
by Hudson Zimmerman, age 10
Spring Has Sprung
by Poppy Dubs, age 8
Coke
by Hudson Zimmerman, age 10
Art
by Meena Kodali, age 10
Sydney’s Poems
by Sydney W., age 9
Another Life
by Riya Undavia, age 11
The Quail
by Medha Iyengar, age 7
Monodogs
by Aleena, age 10
The Legendary Monument
by Aleena, age 10
Tasty
by Layla, age 11
Moon
by Emilio B-R, age 9
I Am Not Friends With My Nose Anymore
by Harry Eichelberger, age 11
Lollipops
by Miranda, age 6
Three Poems
by Jacob Eckstein, age 7
Elephant
by Rafael Goldman-Kunin, age 11
excited
by Katie Lee, age 10
Covers and Codes (The Book of a Book and the Root of a Root)
by Cleo Bogart, age 6
Before Us
by Cleo Bogart, age 6
Hen
by Rafael Goldman-Kunin, age 11
Forever Standing
by Ava Barcelona, age 11
I Remember
by Giulia Grace Ratto
I Won’t Stop Fighting
by Nellie Bradford-Armstrong
When I Woke Up
by Jonas Coats
The Signs of Summer
by Amali Maxine Phillips
Out There
by Kiyomi W.
The Witch and Isabella
by Isabella Getahun, age 10
The World
by Julia Zhu-Han Pitt
Falling
by Ella von Moltke
Treetops
by Sophie Zhu-Yun Pitt, age 11
Orcas are Fat
by Shinn, age 9
What to Do in a Crowded Elevator
by Felix Badde
My Pencil
by Evangeline Joy Flynn
My Marble
by Elliot Higgins-Woo
Being a Princess
by Anonymous
NATURE
by Daniel Nasseri
Feelings
by Felix Badde
Cycle of Life
by Sonya Inal
Mom
by Jigisha Singh, age 9
On a farm
by Yusuke Ho, age 8
A Japanese Poem: Life in Stories
by Alyson A., age 9
She’s Dead
by Sofia Cifuentes, age 11
Blue Bean: A Limerick
by Alyson A., age 9
Cherry trees in the wind
by Yusuke Ho, age 8
Stupid
by Sofia Cifuentes, age 11
Vacation Blackberry Crumble
by Tamar, age 8
January
by Alice Etheridge, age 8
Dreams
by Maddy, age 10
Limericks
by Eisei Kori, age 9
The Pebble
by Wesley CF, age 11
Behind My Back
by Simran Makker, age 10
One
by Simran Makker, age 10
America
by Nate C., age 11
Blackout Poetry
by Hayden del Valle, age 9
Pink
by Lucie, age 9
Haikus
by Hannah H., age 10
Summer
by Michael Stoica, age 10
Sophie
by Soha Chhapra, age 9
Emotion Poems
by Mylee Rhow, age 8
Today I Feel…
by Kate Lee, age 8
A Green Galaxy
by Rachel Horn, age 9
The Great Beast
by Molly Rosenfeld, age 10
Petals
by Soleil Pilato, age 8
Thoughts from a New Yorker
by Zoe Frost, age 11
A One-Person Race
by Zoe Frost, age 11
Nothing
by Dylan Vernor, age 9
Flames (Haiku)
by Alter E. Alias, age 11
Cheetahs
by Ahaan Modi, age 10
A Sweet Poem
by Zalah Blount, age 9
Pie
by Dylan Vernor, age 9
The Flynn Poem
by Chloe Muellers, age 9, Chloe L., age 10, Abigail F., age 10, and Ruby O., age 9
Haunted House
by Joshua Monge, age 10
iPhones: According to Stripes
by Eavan Anderson, age 9
Straying from the Path
by Ben Samuels, age 11
Salamander
by Dalia Mullens, age 9
Summer
by Daniela R. Thomas, age 6
The Quiet River Whispers to Me
by Maya Angiello, age 7
Waiting For Spring
by Jeeya Deepak Ballaney, age 7
I Know the World
by Cleo Saltz, age 11
Wax Paper People
by Ben Samuels, age 11
Today At
by Ean Rashid, age 7
Penny Tree
by Noa K, age 8
Jewelry
by Grace Zhang, age 7
Sports Acrostic
by Rishad V., age 9
Art
by Rashna V., age 9
Dying Wolf (a sestina)
by Aoife O'Connell, age 9
One Hundred Years Ago
by Anabel A., age 8
Why You Should Never Be King
by Izzy Weitzman, age 11
Seasons
by Sarrah Ewing, age 11
Seasons
by Ava Orrantia, age 11
The Screen
by Ben Samuels, age 11
Adventurous Kids
by Emmanuel Weintraub, age 11
Questions
by Madhav, age 9
Unnamed
by Xueming (Samuel) Li, age 10
Bakery
Avantika Jagdhari
Fun Times
Madeline Guadalupe
The Knight Walks Into the Moonlight
Madeline Guadalupe
Harry Potter
Ella
The Peacock
Arina Banks
The Dead Chicken
Odessa Kanarick
Football Players
Shiv Shamdasani
Summer
Avantika Jagdhari
My City
N. Cain
Going
Yazmine Geula
Shakespeare Speech
Stephanie Fuentes
Childhood
Manuela Speciale
Beauty in the Fields
Jennifer Kaechele
Lonely
Iris
Butterfly Away
Leah Braden
Gem Stones
Rashna Vaghaiwalla
Inspired by Monet
Parker Yates
Ice Cream Is Great
By Ram, age 10
Kitties
By Isabella, age 8
Rain
By Esme Fishman, age 10
Spring
By Alejandra, age 8
Star, My Doll
By Zalah Blount, age 7
US.
By Hugo Orrantia, age 10
Dream Country
By Chloe Zhou, age 7
Candy
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
The Sun
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Sunshine
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Wonder
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
The Wind
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Flowers
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Opposites
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Happy
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Bubbles
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Thinking
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Trees
By Georgia L., age 7
Riding A Pug
By Hunter Trylch, age 11
Unikitty in Big Letters
By Hunter Trylch, age 11
Birds
By Tatum Z., age 8
My Home
By Tatum Z., age 8
Hummingbird
By Ruby Addie, age 9
Moon Shadows
By Maddie Slogoff, age 11
How a Snowflake Came to Life
By Sarrah Ewing, age 10
The Lonely Glimmer of the Moon
By Maddie Slogoff, age 11
Rose Red
By Isabella, age 11
When I Went Down the Rabbit Hole
By Chloe, age 11
Seasonal Haikus
By Siena R. Quinn, age 10
Autumn Tree
By Alessandra Cipollone, Age 9
The Lady Sings
By Ziara Pichardo, age 10
The Unbelievable Man
By Ziara Pichardo, age 10
The Coat of Nature
By Natalie Panitkin, age 11
Elimination
By Katherine F. age 9
Mourning in its own Light
By Scarlette Roy, age 10
The Young and the Youth
By Scarlett Roy, age 10
As It Floats Down
By Daniel Plotkin, age 10
Words and Hearts
By Mary Root, age 11
Trust
By Mary Root, age 11
Rusted tin cottage
By Kai-Shan Kwek-Rupp, age 9
Watermelon
by Alexander Harris, age 9
What Is Being Rich?
by Emilia Marshall, age 11
Waterfall
by Amah Assoumou, age 11
Two Fingers (An English to English translation of “One Heart” by Li-Young Lee)
by Elijah Menla, age 10
Today
by Zeyna Ilahi, age 11
The Sound of Silence
by Truman Muffett, age 7
The Rainbowfish
by Leila Jackson, age 11
The Rainy Day
by Bret Glasser, age 7
The Mixed-Up Poem
by Sonya, age 7
The Little Light
by Penelope Sheer, age 9
The Kid Who Tried To Get A Concussion
by Langdon Ottman, age 9
The Elephant
by Ava, age 11
The Beach
by Neha Soni, age 11
The Balloon
by Sonya, age 7
Smith Beach
by Amelia Levin, age 11
Small Internet Rhyme
by Dashiell Fisher, age 8
School
by Zeran, age 11
RAP GOD
by Jarone Johnson, age 10
Questions With Answers
by Juliette, age 10
Poems for a Rainy Day 2
by Ruby Goodman, age 10
Popsicle Poem
by Sarah MacGhee, age 9
Outside Poems
by Olivia Dixon, age 11
Mistress Mary
by Richard Gimbel, age 10
Marshmallows
by Ameneh Vaskio, age 8
Lili’s Poems
by Lili Matta, age 10
GREEN EYES
by Shirin Pechefsky, age 11
Frogs Are Awesome
by Devan Soni, age 7
Five Minutes Until The Bomb Goes Off
by Ethan Schwartz, age 10
Fire Spreading
by Madeleine Berkowitz, age 10
Daybreak
by Naomi, age 10
Blue
by Ava Hurvitz, age 11
Blood on My Street
by Dallas Lea, age 11
ANNOYING BROTHERS
by Lily Lev, age 11
Alliteration Poem
by Anonymous, age 10
A Kids Life: Poems
by Liv Birnstad, age 10
A Jittery Private Eye
by A. Harris, age 9
The Nightmare
by Adowyn Ernste, age 11
The Floorboards
by Danielle Kohn, age 11
Warming Sounds
by Isabelle Lusk, age 10
Snowflake
by Tess Nealon Raskin, age 10
AWorkInProgress
by Fiona Moore, age 11
Broken Best Friend
by Eliana Joftus, age 10
Do You Know What Scares Me Sometimes
by Fiona Moore, age 11
The Same
by Juliette Krevat, age 10
The Sky
by Alice Fisher, age 11
Farmer’s Haiku
by Jaewon Yeo, age 10
Gone
by Lena Habtu, age 10
Four Seasons of New Life
by Alice Fisher, age 11
Forever Folding
by Scarlett Roy