You're never too young to write poetry

http://www.rattle.com/evidence-of-easy-sleep-by-ava-whitney/

Ava Whitney (age 9)

EVIDENCE OF EASY SLEEP

You’ve lived the night,

I’ve seen you lying

across the cloud-like blanket.

You were there, in your bed,

deep in dreams,

sinking slowly into the ocean,

far from awakening.

—from 2016 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

__________

Why do you like to write poetry?

Ava Whitney: “I like to write poetry because it is a different way of communicating without delivering a clear message to your reader. You can hide a secret thought in your poems without anyone noticing.”

103

SHARES

FacebookTwitterSubscribe