Each year, the Youth Programs team publishes an anthology of the student work created in Writers in the Schools residencies. The 2023–24 WITS anthology is titled Standing in the Same Land. (Read the title poem here).
Purchase a copy of the anthology here.
Into the Cosmos
by Isabella Baldisseri (Woodburn High School)
WITS writer: Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman
I was once a little girl,
Who stood under the weight of my Papa’s arm
Who slept under an inky blanket of stars.
He pointed to the dots in the sky,
I stared into the constellations
Of his eyes.
Then into the Cosmos, my dear Papa fled.
I search for you,
Through galaxies you said were mine.
Equipped with nothing—
But a spinning record of time.
A limited edition print of this poem was created as a 2024 Give!Guide incentive. A digital version is included below.
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