Click here to read the five editor-selected poems from
the Class of 2013 -- featured with a poem by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky!

Anonymous A. / The Fighter Nathaniel A. / Penguin Sydney A. / New Ink Taiga Abe / To Nostalgia Elijah Ada / I Met This Girl at Camp Nur Akkurt / For Langston Hughes: a response to “March Moon” Omar Akmal / What is Poetry? Ariana Akram / That Warm Summer Night Anna Alexandrou / The Race Syed Ali / The Cowardly Monster Valdir Aliati / More Than a Parent, More Than a Man Matthew Almeida / Likeable Things Sam Alpert / Sock'em Boppers Jessica Altschuler / Imagination Harry Ames / The Hibbity Hobbity Bobbity Frog Joseph Arciprete / Red-Winged Beauty Toby Armstrong / Yawn Garni Aroyan / College Newbee Will Arroyo / My Soul Rose Arslanian / Floating Away David Atkins / A Five Minute Lifetime Tamar Austin / Listening to Walls Michelle Azaroff / Floating Anna B. / Creating a New Path Bobby Backofen / Anxiety Phillip Ballo / The Man Who Sold the World Savannah Bara / Insincerely Kind Andrea Barker / Poetry is a book Amanda Barnes / Moscow Michael Barry / True Superheroes Alan Bartels / Curse of a Dictionary Judy-Lynn Benjamin / Night Sky Dan Bernstein / To Death Surya Bhupatiraju / Facing Life Brittany Bladd / Flights Of Fancy Nadav Boker / The Rocky Mountains Ian Bollag-Miller / Prized Ignorance Maia Borensztein / War of the Hug Kaitlin Brady / The Coffee Shop Abbey Brainard / Have I told you lately Laura Breitenfeld / Bad Day Eli Brick / Where We Are Going Nicholas Briggs / Chilled Turtle Ben Brown / The Case of the Apple Pie John Buschini / The Stalk Kristina Bush / Message of the Waves Tyler Byrne / How Could I Have Known... Alex C. / Crashing Stars Alixe C. / The Burden Felix C. / Ode to My Bicycle Perry C. / My School Window Samantha C. / Night Not Known Nancy Cai / A Lifetime Through Shoes Alessandra Carpinito / Wait For Me Joshua Carruthers / An Unexpected Peace Taylor Chan / You don’t know me Christine Chang / That was me Winnie Chang / Unsaid Nick Chaput / 2:25 A.M. Pavitra Chari / Shuffle Jerry Chen / Life in a Bottle Eric Chew / Lost Bryan Chiakpo / Look At the New Snow Flurries Eric Chiang / The Ride Talia Chiarelli / The Best Season TIm Childs / Theatre Naina Chipalkatti / Ode to my Lamp Sameera Chippada / Rainbow David Cho / Unconditional Love Fiona Chow / Deep Down in Ocean’s Darkness… Margaret Chuang / The Curtain Falls Felix Chung / To Remembering Fiona Chung / Yes Thank You, No Please Shelby Chung / Our Story Carlo Cincotta / California Michal Clayton / Coffee Grace Cooper / In A Pickle Kristy D. / Autumn Matt D. / What We Can See Akshay Daftardar / A Moment Never Forgotten Bryan Daley / The Stranger Morgan Daruwala / Friends From My Past Spencer Daus-Haberle / #2 Henry Davidson / Springtime Michelle DeCarlo / Hermit Island Jackie Denning / The Journey Sheela Devadas / Waiting for the Break of Day Catherine Dickenson / Day Dream Dana Dimodica / Who To Be Alexandra Ding / Donut Darwin Ding / Chess Sarah Dohan / Raindrops Ben Donahue / Duck, Duck, Wham! Caitlyn Dooley / The Snow Is Here To Stay! Annelise Driscoll / Freshman Sophie Dulberg / Sorry I Can’t Say Quentin Dupupet / Loss Isabel E. / ten months Shatora E. / Best Friends Forever Sam Eddy / Mountain Top Matt Edelman / HAND Samuel Eickstedt / The Solitary Desk Maya Elany / Rain David Emanuel / Baghdad 2003 Elaine Emmerich / A Word Isabelle Engelberg / Lost Connection Xander Eriksson / To Mike, twin brother of Ike ... Robert Ernst / Expectations of a Modern World Amanda F. / Born Today? Arden Feldman / The Hurricane Dan Finch / To Memory Kristen Fiore / Childish Getaway Sam Flaster / Within a Still Life Jack Foley / Butterfly Haley Fradkin / Unconditional Love Lily G. / Broccoli Nicholas Gagliardi / My Cat, Jack Meredith Galvin / Thunderstorm Russell Gens / A Mid Winter’s Stroll Yaseen Gholizadeh / Why Do Teachers Force It? Caitlin Go / Forfeit or Play Sophie Goemans / Kyoto Station Lydia Gold / Firefly Fields Ben Goldin / Confusion Eddie Gonzalez / Romeo & Juliet Ben Gordon / Hatred’s Visit Rider Gordon / A Red Ball Of Light Abby Grant / Corners Carly Gravallese / Nobody Is Perfect Samantha Gray / Memories of You Elizabeth Green / From the Eyes of a Five Year Old Akshay Grewal / The Morning Walk Robin Gross / race Zac Gunther / The Pond Athena H. / Reflections Harrison H. / Heaven Here We Come Kristen H. / A Night At the Movies Matt Hagan / Theater of Dreams Eunice Hahm / Three Feet Perspective Ryan Ham / Joys Of Winter Andrea Han / My Bagel Puneet Harisinghani / Love Kyle Harvey / An Autumn Leaf Monica He / Children of Satan Steven Hess / These Words Juliet Hewes / The World of Childhood Christopher Hild / Pher Adam Hoffman / Racism Becky Hoffman / Daddy's Little Girl Chiang Yueh Hsu / Age Fifteen Emily Hu / A Clamor of Whispers Krista Hu / In Comparison Claire Huang / A Midnight Meal Caitlin Hughes / Empty Handed Otavio I. / Zoom In Tadafumi Ikezu / Moving Alexander Ioakimidis / Father to Son Consolation Leo Ip / Sherlock Camila Isern / Winter To Me Russell Iuliano / Italia Maria Ivanenko / Mahalo, Hau’oli Michelle J. / Wordless [Worthless] Zaroug J. / The Storm Freya Jackson / While Standing on a Frozen Pond Allison Jakob / Rush Ambika Jayakumar / A Weight Lifted Simone Jenkins / Fear Tom Jeon / I Let Go of My Mom’s Hand Ji-In Jeong / Autumn's Leaves Michael Jeong / A Teenager Alex Jerosch-Herold / The Stranger Liz Johnson / The Tired Andrew Johnston / Champion David Johnston / The Question Philip Ji-Woong Jung / Ode to the “Almost” Sneeze Anish K. / The Fly Do Hyung Kevin K. / I Am a Shadow Now Eunice K. / Sorry Josh K. / When We Were Kids Joshua K. / A Hideous Beauty Leah K. / Lyric Peom Vasisth K. / Winter Through My Window Kristyn Kajko / Dear Dad Jesse Kao / I 3NJ0Y CH1CAG0 Grace Kaplan / Shrunk Noah Kaplan-Duerr / Eye of the Storm Emily Karr Kaitin / Unplug Peter Katsarakes / True Friends Ben Kaufman / The Future Bryan Kenny / Ruler Srijesa Khasnabish / India Daniel Kim / What once was Eugenia Kim / To: Boots Seong Jae Justin Kim / I Am Not Weird Carly King / The Dragonfly Naomi Kitazawa / Shape? Love? Form? Organ? Rebecca Korn / My Window Irina Kovari / Dear Grandma Geneva Kropper / Snowball Elizabeth Kuszmaul / "Imperfections" Gabrielle L. / The War Isabel L. / Lemons Kyuil L. / A hidden friend Sylvia L. / Procrastinator’s Lament Eric Lam / Innocent and Pure, What We Were Before Jeffrey Lang / The Chatterbox Will Le / Slum City Andie Lee / Window to My Morning Cassandra Lee / Under the Bed

DooHee Lee / Death Bed Jennifer Lee / The Summer I Was Sixteen Lisa Lee / Without Any Words Matthew Lee / Saved Timmy Lee / Friendship Sara Lehman / Little Orb of Wonder Leah Leshchinsky / A Man Stands Amy Li / Melfy Kevin Li / Moment For Life Dauh Kun Lin / Black Feather Elon Lin / Unseen Misfortune Henry Lin / Baker’s Dish Karen Lin / What's in a Poem? Austin Liou / A January Night Miriam Lipschutz / Moved Away Alan Liu / To Grandma Joyce Lo / Ostriches Jay Lok / Childhood Kate Lopes / My Safe Haven, My Sanctuary Emily Lowry / Chatham Erika Lu / Holly Golightly Kevin Lu / Abandoned House Verena Lucke / The Tree Climber James Lung / The Tailor Hannah Lyons / Sick Days Bridgette M. / Accepting Reality Christina M. / Will Next Year Be Better? Emily M. / Serenity Josh M. / The Stage Megan M. / Snow OnKee M. / The Trial Yennie M. / Summer Morning Grace Ma / The Squirrel Saaya Maeda / Snow Cover Daniel Maffa / The Berks Jesse Mahler / News Netana Markovitz / Delectable, Delicious, Delightful Alana Martel / An Ocean View Alec Martinez / The Necktie Noelle Marty / Procrastination Drorr Marx / From Granddaughter to Grandfather Eli Mattingly / My Young Lies Matthew Mazur / Sailing on Cape Cod Robert McCullough / Rumors Robbie McDonald / The Chairlift Kevin McElhatton / A Childhood Friend Rory McGloin / A Bagel For Breakfast Paige McNamara / Dog's Life Kari McNeil / Apology for Your Ruse Joseph McWeeney / The Hidden Purpose Maisie Meade / Forgive Me Dylan Meadows / Winter Michael Mendelsohn / The Open Door Gayatri Menon / Flight Ellen Meyers / Crossing Over Miles Miller / The Twelfth Month Kate Mitchell / Defying Gravity QuinnLi Moloney / To Today Elliot Mustoe / The Field Brandon N. / Companion At Night Manavi Nagai / Empty Krishna Narayanan / Ode to Clouds Patrick Neal / Pandora's Mementoes Nicholas Nerolien / My Friends Sarah Neumann / Door Becky Ngo / Bagels and Cream Cheese Henrik Nilsson / Old vs. New Petar Ojdrovic / A Story of War Jackie Oliver / Gain Alex Ollendorf / The Game of Basketball Ben Ong / The New Year Nate Osher / Thought Jesse P. / The Stream Ket P. / Days Natalia P. / What Doesn't Kill you makes you Stronger Nikia P. / Rose Colored Glasses Thaya P. / Returning Richard Pan / Disappointment Amber Pardes / Faced with Fear Jason Park / Why Do We Live? Jean Park / To: Arrogance Noah Parker / A Feather Kayla Patel / Double Bass Aishani Patwari / My Song Alana Perry / Writing This Poem Donna Petitti / Perfection Carl Pieri / Greyhound Sara Pion / Audition Victor Porras / The Façade Kate Powers / The Milky Way Aaron Prager / The Spear Natalie Puschak / Big White Wall William Q. / The Dogwood Catherine Qin / I’m Sorry Tim Qin / Childhood Memories Anisha Quadir / The Power of Fall Ike R. / Synonym Dinosaur Libby R. / Broken Promise Philip R. / The Ride Talia R. / Hidden Geoffrey Ramseyer / Outside the Window Pahreesa Rashidi / This Time of Year Monisha Reginald / Hide and Seek Hannah Resnick / The Trampoline Bridget Reynolds / I Miss You Talia Richkin / Remembering the Forgotten Kim Rodrig / Across the Universe Will Rogers / The End Patrick Rose / The Precipice Connor Ross / Followers Eli Ruben / My Corner Alex S. / It Changed Me Andrew S. / Sadness Christian S. / Morning Darby S. / Failed Hao S. / Where am I? Jenny S. / That Day Jeremy S. / The First Note Nadine S. / Visitor Pawinn S. / IDK... Rachael S. / Walking On Cracks Thomas S. / Abode Victor M. S. / Messy room Giustina Sacco / I Am Sixteen! Samuel Salisbury / Tyga Style Wyatt Sanders / Innocence Catherine Schmidt / Spunning Matt Schreibman / The Tiger Alec Seferian / To Win Nicole Sekula / The New Shoes Cheyan Setayesh / Taken For Granted Yuankai Shan / A Game of Cards Meghan Shaw / Settling For What Is Deserved Alex Sheena / Stronger Abby Shenker / Dog Kisses Brian Shiao / Bewitched Edward Shin / Hurricane Vikas Shiva / Clouds Inside Matthew Shorter / Human Nature Raffah Siddiqui / Untitled Matthew Singer / Poem of 5 Cliches Gregory Smail / The Galloping Chaz Smith / Snow Day Katherine Stahl / To Worry Jason Stein / Maps Zach Strohmeyer / Another Day Victoria Suber / Ode to Bee Sara Sussman / Woman Holding a Balance Isabelle T. / The Race Paul Tabak / North Conway Evan Tarrh / The Snowman Akiho Tatsuta / We Become More Unique the More We Grow Up Kathryn Taylor / Being 5 Shreya Thatai / To Truth Nick Trano / Smash, Crash, Bash Chris Van Etten / The Court Megan Vanderhooft / If Only Celia Vaughan / Dear Santa Prashanth Veeragandham / The Other Side That You Can't See George Velonias / Innocent Until Proven Guilty? Ashley Vernet / Fall Feelings Ranya Virk / A Boat Taylor Vitunic / Time Changed Brandon W. / Dreams of Hope Helene Wambe / The Issue with Insatiability: A Response to Emily Dickinson's 'Real Riches' Bruce Wang / Albino Squirrel Susan Wang / Six-Words Rebecca Weiser / A Flash of Something Zoe Weisskoff / My Famous Oatmeal Cookies Veronica Wharton / Fundamentally [Flawed] Emmeline Wheaton / Another Brother Daniel Whelan / Lucifer Falls Sara Wichlei / January 24th, 1996 Samuel Williams / Cardboard Dreams Brianna Wilson / Missing Daisy Kayla Wilson / Shells and Seaweed Stephanie Wilson / Everyone Remembers Mariel Winton / My Oasis Yaeram Won / The Well Andrew Wong / Shark Thomas Wong / Fake Money Jeannie Wooh / Harmonious Peace Alexandria Wright / The Shore Connor Wu / I DRAW A BLANK Emily Wu / Watching, Wishing, Wanting Josephine Wu / An Ode to Thumbs Jimmy Xia / Autumn Christopher Xu / Muddy River Blues Hoda Y. / A Smile Jamie Y. / Turn Jonathan Yam / Why The Rooster Crows Anna Yang / Rain Qinyuan Yang / The Sentinel Alicia Yeung / Two Stones Stephanie Yin / Citrus James Young / Green Aldila Yunus / this couch is soft so we can never leave Andrew Z. / Up Too Late Darius Z. / Bare Laura Z. / The Beach House Paul Z. / Competition Jamie Zack / The Storm Evan Zhang / Staring Back Kelly Zhang / Here Nancy Zhang / New Woman Peijin Zhang / To Jealousy Ryan Zhang / The Sports Channel Vivian Zhang / Tuo Xie Lily Zhu / Sweet Relief

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