August 26, 2017Things to Ask Your Mother
Do bugs even have penises?
What about chickadees—
are they like ducks?
Do bees have penises?
No, they’re mostly drones.
Mama,
isn’t pollen tree sperm?
from 2017 RYPA
from 2017 RYPA
Michael Unger (age 13)
Why do you like to write poetry?
“I’m just thinking out loud: my mother hears my ideas, and writes them down exactly as I say them.”