Nov 11, 20201 min read

ars poetica

by Megan Peng, Torrey Pines High School '22

"Living Respectfully" by Angelina Ochoa, Canyon Crest Academy '22

i have a sky full of stars

but they are very far away

my mother says the lake is closer

i don’t want fish no the stars

they glow

they smell like pencil shavings and Daisy

still i get my ladder every now and then

mostly when i feel the fish

biting my toes

i take a star or two

while they’re still white hot

i don’t know how but i use my hands

only fishermen use hammers

sometimes they speak

sometimes dancing

they skip sputter laugh scoff drown

i wonder when i will run out of stars