WATCHED by Angelina, age 10 & Lily, age 11

ACROSS THEIR SNOW WHITE FACES by Angelina, age 9 & Lily, age 11

PARADE OF LIGHT BY Cindy, Binh, Misu, Jack & Carmen, age 9 & Lily & Helen, age 10

Big Allaki Photo by Sergey Garifullin — National Geographic Your Shot: 
Chelyabinskay obl., Russia.

Parade of light

Fingers of green water grab a rock.

Swish!

A vine of amber light grazes the ground.

Stars

pop

in the sky like soda bubbles.

It’s as if

people

went to another planet,

leaving behind

a tree so lonely it thinks

its reflection is

a friend

reaching

for the specks

of light

above.

ORANGE GLOW by Angelina & Jack, age 9, Lily & Tony, age 10, Wisdom, age 11

Star trail and eruption Photo by Davide Castiglione — National Geographic Your Shot: 
Yesterday night, from Centuripe at my house, there was a little eruption from north-east 
crater of the volcano Etna.

Orange Glow

Sparks spread across a rain-shattered sky,

An orange glow sprouting from the mountain

as if the sun were setting

as if the sun were rising

as if you’re in a different world

where people don’t exist.

FLYING By Helen & Lily, age 9 & Anvivi, age 10

Flying
by Helen Luu, Anvivi Vong & Lily Nguyen 

My aunt
started the engine,
and we took off for Saigon.
Dust like salt and pepper in my eyes. My hair
blew
like a
flock of
butterflies.
I felt like I was
flying.

SALLY WHO By Helen & Lily, age 8

TWO SCOOPS A DAY by Lily & Helen, both age 8

WHERE LOVE HAS EXPIRED By Helen, age 8 & Lily, age 9

Where Love Has Expired

By Lily Nguyen & Helen Luu

Let’s build peace.

It looks like when

pages of a book

flip.

The words blur,

my inky finger

rubs

one sentence

at a time

and now

the paragraphs

are ruined.

Filthy.

Or maybe

the smudge

is a

cloud

WHY? A COMIC BOOK OF QUESTIONS By Binh, & Nam, age 7, and Lily, Alan & Helen, age 8