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
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