YWP

By Suhanee Mitragotri, 17, Lexington, MA

Great
great
great
grandparents walked the homeland.
Their footprints were artifacts in the wet mud,
memories of a time

By Ella Cisz, 13, Waterbury, VT

Alone you stand on your tiny island of weathered grey rock
Surrounded by immense calm water
A mirror provided for the sky to admire its reflection in

By Jadyn Mardy, 18, Hempstead, NY

Why does a willow bend upside down,
Its branches floating by the ground,
Instead of reaching for the sky?
Who made it droop so low?
'Twas I.

By Gaia Lenox, 16, Cambridge, VT

Have you ever had sour 
cherries? 
They're an angry fruit 
that stings your throat 
and boils in your stomach 

By Ruth Knox, 12, Essex Junction, VT

It's everyone's and also mine,
chipping bark and a hanging branch,
amber leaves that drift to the weeded ground,
a forgotten sweatshirt sits at the trunk