Rattle Young Poets Anthology

 

How does an eight-year-old respond to global climate change? How does an eleven-year-old process the notion of a beheading? How does a four-year-old experience her mother’s anxiety? These 60 poets may be kids, but they write about most of the things that adults do, and with a depth of understanding that deserves more respect than they’re often given. This is not a cute collection hoping to win your adoration. These are real poems, by talented authors, with important stories to share—stories that are at turns haunting and hilarious, heart-warming and heart-breaking. Be delighted and inspired, but don’t treat these poets lightly.

 

	Contents
	Gwen Allison	The Shark Said
	Savannah Alvarez	Rambunctious
	Elliot L. Armitage	London
	Cailena Bickell	Don’t Worry Mom, Don’t Panic
	Gavia Boyden	The Donkey
	Oscar Brady	The Mountain Raven
	Ariane Branigan	Bearer of the Light
	Theo Candlish	When People Leave This Earth
	Abigail Rose Cargo	Firefly
	Lauren E. Carter	A Girl of Five or Eight’s Exemplum
	Rubio Jett Castagna-Torres	I Doodilye You Coo Coo
	Frank Colasacco	Bob the Bear
	Kathmandu Cook	Salmon
	James Dailey	Big Sis
	Jo’lene Dailey	What I Want to Do Most of the Time
	Sophia Dienstag	Grandpa Bob
	Gabby Dodd-Terrell	He Lives in an Ark and Dreams
	Zea Eanet	Lessons
	Kofi Edufo	Making Noise
	Zeena El Gindi	Sudan
	Phoebe Fischer	Yellow
	Rose Foster	Eulogy for a Balloon
	Aaron Fox	It’s Raining
	Madeleine Gallo	Summer Peaches
	Piper Ginn	The Chase
	Mae Glerum	I Was a …
	Melody Goldiner	Water
	Raya Gottesfeld	Seasons
	Savion Harris	Questions
	Courtlyn Helder	Blowing a Kiss to My Sister
	Jorel Hill	Frozen Shadows
	Remington Janssen	Famine
	Emma Faye Jewell	Why Should We in Some Forgotten Corner …
	Mikey Kelsey	Untitled
	Skylar Kendall	The Pangolin’s Love Story
	Stephanie Lester	The Tired Face of the Magician …
	Graham Linthorst	Summer
	Madeline McEwen	A Journey to Heaven
	Bree, Liya & Anya Miksovsky	Haiku
	Natalie Belle Neal	Cat Love
	Chloe Ortiz	Confiding with a Hen
		Twine: A Prayer
	Ian Jasper Osborn	In the Woods
	Grace L. Park	The Power of Clothes
		Dreaming of Friends
	Lina Patel	Lost Things
	Evie Portier	Beauty of the Prisoner
	Alexander Prokopiev	Once Upon a Time
	Madeline Restino	The Rocks Were So Small
	Christell Victoria Roach	Trailer Park Girls
	Sabrina Swerdloff	Oops
	M. T.	Girl Rising
	Maximilian Tellini	Past
	Junuh Tolan	Evening Trees
	Jack Urness	See You at Home
	Jamie Uy	Explain Sunbeams!
	Peyton Vernon	Nobody Likes Me
	Tabitha Welch	Inspiration
	Ben Wilson	In the Forest
	E. Wen Wong	Deaf Child, Sweet Sound
	Fiona Lauradunn Woolf	Mystery Story
	Tianyue Xia	I Want to Tell the Fish
	..
	Cover Art
	David Navas