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Ethan Sanvitale
Age 5 • Oregon

Help the World

Bullying is bad.
Winnie
Bullying means being a bad citizen.
A good citizen is a person who
Snag a rag.
gives peace.
Shampoo too.
Being peaceful means being a
Don’t forget
person who stops violence.
a hand or two.
If you make the world a better place,
Grab your sister.
Everybody will be peaceful
Grab your brother.
and happy.
Maybe even get your mother.
Barin Barthwell
Tub or sink,
Florida
whatever you think.
Don’t be surprised,
it can change in a blink.
Anthony Knepp Hurry, hurry, Joy Machine
Age 8 • Indiana scrub with fury. Sofia Samuel

Quick! The dog is Age 9 • Maryland
sure to scurry.
Dry her off in a hurry.
Harloh Roberson
Age 10 • Kansas Running

I ran.

My lungs were

burning, grasping

Waiting: A Haiku for air.

My breathless,
For the bus, for a
empty, puffing
Cake to bake in the oven.
chest could stand
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick.
it no more.
Madeline Aldrich
Age 11 • Pennsylvania Eva Selaya-Mendez So I stopped.
Age 7 • Massachusetts Eleora Williamson
Age 11 • Texas

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