Elliott Egan (age 8)

FALSE SPRING

On one of February’s false springs,I hike to the creek near my house,Searching for mica, pottery, and shells.Over my head a kingfisher zings, His song is whooping and wild.I’m a prospector, panning for gold.I crouch, move pebbles in the stream.I stuff my treasures in the pocketOf my jacket—it’s lapis lazuli blue.I see mica by its gleam.I slip over the muddy bank,I see signs of a beaver, both new and old.—from 2024 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

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Why do you like to write poetry?

Elliott Egan: “I like to tell stories about the world around me, and I like how poetry flows together. Stories are so hard to write down when they are long, but in poetry I can get all of my ideas down on paper. I also really enjoy making magnetic poetry and haiku poetry, because counting the syllables and making things fit together is like a game.”

Related* “How to Drown Kittens in 1958” by Meaghan Elliott * “False Vibrato” by Angelique Jean Lindberg * “Breadfather” by Brendan Egan