Rattle Young Poets Anthology

 

The annual RYPA returns for another year of delightful and insightful poetry that happens to be written by young people. This is not a collection just for kids—these are missives to adults from the next generation, confronting big topics with fresh eyes and a child-like spontaneity. Thirty-six poets age 16 or younger contributed to this volume. Order your copy and see why the RYPA is always the highlight of our year as publishers.

 

	Contents
	Tonee Ales	I Hear Laughing
	Thomas Ball	Worried
	Priya Bartlett	About Time
	Aliyah Blattner	The Sun
	Zara Brandt	Wings
	Rowan Brown	Uno
	Sophia Buss	The Waiter
	Elena Castro	McDonald’s Circa the ’80s
	Maria Cheriyan	A Song and Dance
	Nathalie Chicoine	Peppermint Tea
	James Crosse	This Is a Rhyming Poem
	Jeffrey Diamond	Greeting the Time in the Fall
	Mackenzie Dwyer	Alt-Dimension Exodus
	Isley Ellington	Vanilla Sweetpie the Dragon
	Scarlet Esparza-Pasos	Legend
	Greta Geriguis	Sweet Cherries
	Ingrid Grabowski	The World
	Josephina Green	Mother’s Day Things
	Sarah Hartenstine	I Am
	Eva Hays	Background Thoughts
	Ja’Lantea Johnson	Me
	Jane Josefowicz	Blue
	Caitlin Krastek	Four Poems
	Annie Li	An ABC Breakfast
	Gabriela Linarez-Rochin	Future
	Ellis McGinley	The Funeral
	Cathy Nie	Mother Said
	Tobi-Hope Park	Snow
	McKenzie Renfrew	Vague Existence
	Jack Rhodehamel	Vanilla
	Matthew Roller	Mr. Sly
	Rosemary Santos	Candy Bandits
	Ayla Radha Schultz	Two Haiku
	Kelsea Sheffield	Blue
	Zoey Sheffield	The Lost and the Found
	Julia Spande	Dear Holden,
	Mayte Taipe	The Courting Rituals of Champagne Bottles
	Mae Tromsness	Drought
	Corinne Vicario	Crab
	Dodge Warcken	Rain
	Alisha N. Wright	The Cold Bench
	Lingyu Yan	The World’s Best Beef Lamian
	Minjung Yu	Courtesy
	..
	Cover Art
	Miranda Jane Day