Future Focused

Stepping into a place that I can be transported,   To a new world, In all different types of books, Tables and chairs glistening in the…

A place where Iowa’s cornfields meet the bluffs, And ancient rock remembers glacial scuffs, Lies the town of Decorah, a place of greens and golds,…

The harmony of the angelic voices, Break free from their cage.  While the audience sits in awed silence, Of the touching tale, unfolding across the…

First comes summer, Which is never a bummer, From rippling muddy waves, to sticky muddy caves, And rays of the hot sun that always misbehaves.…

The melodic, sweet sound  Of wrinkled pages flipping  Is music to my ears. Soaking up every word written On those torn, yellowed pages The musty…

We both smile, we both weep We both have secrets we hate to keep We both overthink and cannot lie We both dance when we…

Staring into the silver-gleaming night sky, you’re met with something endless. Stars shimmer like distant memories, scattered across the darkness, while the moon hangs quietly,…

Maxine, a small eight-year-old girl with black hair in two braids flying behind her, ran through the sprinkler in her yard, chasing a monarch butterfly.…

You love waking up early, ready to go,     But I would rather sleep in and move kind of slow. You talk super loud, your…

The ability to make my own choices is honestly something I’ve never lived without. I mean, of course as a younger kid there were decisions…

NATHANIEL CROSE, AGE 14 There’s a jar in my home Filled with the joys I hold dear It shines brighter and brighter with each passing…

RUTH KUENY, AGE 13 While some may fill their jars to the brim With fleeting joys  Like walking in the city late at night  Or…