early morning
watching news of disaster
she knits a scarf

Kevin Escobar

tightly wrapped
the finger turns
from pink to white

Paige Boomer

yin yang of
my sweater strings
unbalanced

Michael Santos

a string
pulled out of place
my favorite green sweater

Morgan Timmons

tightly wrapped
the finger turns
from pink to white

yin yang of
my sweater strings
unbalanced

tightly wrapped
the finger turns
from pink to white

top quarter champion

TOP half Chamption

tightly wrapped
the finger turns
from pink to white

bottom quarter champion

strung together by
square lettered beads
we will never fall apart

strung together by
square lettered beads
we will never fall apart

t
 r
i
   p
     p
i
  n
     g

down the stairs
severing a string

sharp scissors
I cut the string
that holds us together

Taylor Parola

strung together by
square lettered beads
we will never fall apart

Niki Curatti

t
 r
i
   p
     p
i
  n
     g

down the stairs
severing a string

Grace Newton

scissors
to the string
you and me
         bro
              ken

Morgan Timmons

TOP half champion

tightly wrapped
the finger turns
from pink to white

CHAMPIONTOP

summer sun—
a knotted string
around your ankle

summer sun—
a knotted string
around your ankle

BOTTOM half champion

slippery strings
my hands sweat
on audition day

Shania Dvorak

guitar strings
serenading me
I drift to sleep

Shania Dvorak

frightening
she plucks her chords
in a minor chord

Paige Boomer

pizzicato fingers
ache . . . the symphony continues
plucking away

Hailey Wimberly

guitar strings
serenading me
I drift to sleep

pizzicato fingers
ache . . . the symphony continues
plucking away

guitar strings
serenading me
I drift to sleep

top quarter champion

BOTTOM half champion

summer sun—
a knotted string
around your ankle

bottom quarter champion

summer sun—
a knotted string
around your ankle

summer sun—
a knotted string
around your ankle

tying my shoe laces
the once-sleepy cat
playfully pounces

the stars
strung upon her neck
grandmother's necklace

Niki Curatti

summer sun—
a knotted string
around your ankle

Jared Chapman

tying my shoe laces
the once-sleepy cat
playfully pounces

Kevin Escobar

together
at last
a string of Christmas lights

Bre Johnson