WILD By Wisdom Li, age 10

MORNING by Jessica Chen, age 10

Morning

By Jessica Chen

Sun rays

angling

through my window

striping

my walls

golden.

I trudge

to the

bathroom.

Water

drips

from my

tap,

plopping

onto

the sink,

slipping

down the

drain.

ON POINT By Tran, age 10

On Point

Tando

plié

trampoline jumps

sashay

polka

Stomach,

Flat as a pancake

Legs,

Stiff as boards

Relevé

one foot,
two heels,

a pear,

upside-down.

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

What Is Missing by the Kids in Room 2

What Is Missing

The "No Kids Allowed" sign,

the eight ball,

light from a lamp,

a ticking clock,

a meteorite.

The boy's shadow,

his smile,

his glasses

because he stepped on them,

his body,

the pool cue,

probably a bar,

a glass of Tsing Tao

an altar to a great-great-great,

the other shoe,

a few arms,

the line

in a rainbow

where red meets orange,

noise

AFTER BREAKFAST... By Anvivi Vong, age 10

THE LADY OF THE SHADOWS By Jessica C. & Tran, both age 10

HELLO By An, age 10

THE PHYSICS OF FLIGHT: ISSUE #2 OF THE "IT'S SCIENCE!" COMIC SERIES BY THE KIDS IN ROOM 2