By Carly Peterson, Age 15

Do Feelings ever stay the same?
We say I promise
Forever and always
But is that even possible

By Sarina Patel, Age 9, Florida

Birthday candles
Illuminate the happy faces of people
Their faces alight with the feverish glow
Of diving into scrumptious cake-

By Allison Stein, Age 13, Michigan

You feel obligated to live up to your reputation
The person people know you as
You are contained
You can’t step out of the boundary lines

By Divya Dharmakeerthie, Age 14, Sri Lanka

Where are you hiding?
I know I called you in.
You might be starving!
Where are you hiding?

By Amelia Nierenberg, Age 16, New York

I lie here on the cold tiled floor
Searching for my only friend
I am wet and cold without him
Could this relationship be at an end?

By Mikaela Sofea binti Badrul Hisham Yeap, Age 9, Malaysia

There are many types of trees,
And although all don’t bear green leaves,
They pose as many an animal’s home,
You don’t know it, but they make up their Rome.