LOOKING AT A HORSESHOE CRAB SHELL
Were you gruff?
Were you tough?
Were you proud?
Were you loud?
Were you glad?
Were you sad?
I have no clue
You horseshoe
—from 2017 Rattle Young Poets Anthology
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Why do you like to write poetry?
Nicholas Chritton: “I like poetry because poetry is fun to write and because it can be funny.”
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