Rattle Young Poets Anthology

The annual RYPA returns for another year of delightful and insightful poetry that happens to be written by young people. As always, this is not a book of poems for children, but the other way around—these are poems written by children for us all, revealing the startling insights that are possible when looking at the world through fresh eyes. This 40-page chapbook is mailed to all Rattle subscribers along with our Summer 2022 issue. Twenty-one poets age 15 or younger contributed to this volume, offering their perspectives on the first crushes, childhood toys, climate change, nature, and more. Order your copy and see why the RYPA is always the highlight of our year as publishers.

 

	Contents
	Melody Maxfield Cortez	Old Toys
	Alenka Doyle	First and Last Crush
	Lyla Foster	Black
	Daphne Frank	Dino Birthday
	Sloane Flaherty Getz	Sandhog’s Granddaughter
	Holly Haeck	Heat Advisory for Rome and Surrounding Areas
	Lucille Healy	Haiku
	Elizabeth Kerr	Function
	Sophia Liu	Ghazal for New Moon
	Anna Meister	Flower for Eyes
	Vitek Mencl	Prague
	Evie Pugh	Two Poems
	Reagan Rafferty	My Grandmother’s Eyes
	Kashvi Ramani	My First Birthday Was in an Orphanage
	Skyler Rockmael	Necessities
	Syazwani Saifudin	First-Generation Driftwood
	Lily Blue Simmons	Death Be Unto You:
	Mazzy Sleep	The City
	Alisha N. Wright	The Dramatic Cashier
	Avery Yoder-Wells	Though They Called Us Two Maidens
	Cynthia Zhang	Running at Stillwater
	..
	Cover Art
	M-A Murphy