Newsletter MARCH 2025 | Page 50

HONORS Karina Eide Young Writers Awards

SERIANNA, 11

Virginia

Lab School of Washington

I would like to thank my poetry partner, Zania, who I wrote this poem for

Kitten

A small kitten lies on the side of the road 

Helpless and hurt 

Unwanted unloved 

Tabby and orange  

She can barely manage a hiss

So I pick her up 

And I bring her home.

I think 

that sometimes 

we forget how to love.

UNDERSTANDING

HONORS Karina Eide Young Writers Awards