“Lessons” by Avery Herrman-Sakamoto

  The salty, glacial water of Southeast is both merciful and merciless It can gently caress you,  carrying you down the channel as you bask under the sun And in the same day, it can take the lives of many through a furious storm It has taught me how to use my...

“H2O Toes to Rainbows” by Sean Schmitt

1. The sand in between my toes are carried back home by a giant, salty rollercoaster.   2. The substance that is essential to life betrayed me today. I’ll use an ice cube to cool my tongue down.   3. My eyelids refuse to close on this clear, cloudless night....

“New Snow” by Jamison Paul

New snow; My dog gallops along, scooping it up And for once I’m not worried At what she may suffer from our pollution: Snow falls, blanketing everything anew, A white particular fog that isolates us as we walk, Limiting our world to a block or two of Juneau...

“My Notion of the Ocean” by Soren Richards

The sea is filled with creatures big and small There is not one that I find most fascinating of all. From orcas to seals the ocean makes me feel Like I’m in the heaven of my dreams. Creatures can hide or brightly shine. Boating along the seas you mostly see The...

“The Deep Blue” by Hannah Rose Breckel

Salmon swim upstream, we fish for them in August. The waves are nice and glassy, then our bow shatters the glass. Rain falls down and turns into puddles and absorbs into the earth. Whales sing their eerie songs then dive into the deep blue. Herring ball in tight...

“The Sea” by Iliana Padron

The sea is as beautiful like a rose a rose is as beautiful as the sea just hear the waves blowing and blowing when the sand gets in peoples’ toes it is mushy and gushy — Iliana Padron is a fourth grader at Harborview Elementary...