By Emily Mandell, age 12, Virginia

Wolves, silent, not seen
Social but independent
Slightly impulsive

By Raphi Eidelman, grade 11

Recognizing the Angel
The light blinding
And the source of light
One hundred yards away

By Ethan Bloom, grade 10

There is a face in the window,
A bird peeping through,
And it began to chirp as the cold wind blew.

By Rishikesh T. Sankaran, age 7, Connecticut
In the world, there is a continent;
In the continent, there is a country;
In the country, there is a state;

By Dane Vardiman, age 10, Texas

Loneliness
A place that not everybody feels
Loneliness
A dark, cold place

By Kaia Wootton, age 10, Los Angeles

Anger; the smell of smoke
Of flames, of still-burning embers flickering in ashes
Of a fire, grasping for air out of the windows