backward glance
a smile
that drives me wild

Nicole Zabrinas

across the classroom
I study your smile
instead of Socrates

Andy Jones

Valentine’s Day
he proclaims his love
with an unsigned card

Jessica Villarreal

soft snow . . .
on a clean gravestone
I set a yellow rose

Aubrie Cox

across the classroom
I study your smile
instead of Socrates

soft snow . . .
on a clean gravestone
I set a yellow rose

top quarter champion

soft snow . . .
on a clean gravestone
I set a yellow rose

top half champion

cornered by the monkey bars
he kisses my cheek
Cooties!

bottom quarter champion

cornered by the monkey bars
he kisses my cheek
Cooties!

giggling as we share
candy hearts
URA 10

cornered by the monkey bars
he kisses my cheek
Cooties!

one I love
kiss me…
sugar coated words

Elise Wildman

giggling as we share
candy hearts
URA 10

Jessica Villarreal

cornered by the monkey bars
he kisses my cheek
Cooties!

Jessica Villarreal

middle school dance—
he extends his hand
and she blushes

Kersten Haile

top half champion

cornered by the monkey bars
he kisses my cheek
Cooties!
 

champion

marinara
on her cheek
she chatters about silverware

bottom half champion

marinara
on her cheek
she chatters about silverware
 

marinara
on her cheek
she chatters about silverware

Kersten Haile

candlelight and clinking wine glasses
hands clasped
under the table

Alyssa Thompson

back to my cubicle
scribbled words of love
on a post-it

Lindsay Scully

on my desk
sits a single rose
flushed cheeks

Alyssa Thompson

marinara
on her cheek
she chatters about silverware

on my desk
sits a single rose
flushed cheeks

top quarter champion

marinara
on her cheek
she chatters about silverware

bottom half champion

marinara
on her cheek
she chatters about silverware

bottom quarter champion

my cold fingertips
touch his bareback
a shiver

my cold fingertips
touch his bareback
a shiver

we reach
the forest edge
moist earth between toes

snowy night
tiny paws
search for warm milk

Jason Chmiel

my cold fingertips
touch his bareback
a shiver

Michelle Dixson

we reach
the forest edge
moist earth between toes

Gordon Gilmore

4th of July
I walk home alone
no hand to hold

Erin Knott