Welcome to our first full issue of WHISPERshout Magazine! We are celebrating National Poetry Month 2023 here by launching this online place to find poems written by kids ages 4-12. Each Wednesday we'll publish several poems with artwork and photos.
If you would like to see your poem published here at WHISPERshout Magazine, read the Submission Guidelines in the featured post to the right, or just click here to email your poem (and any artwork that might go with it) to WHISPERshoutMagazine@gmail.com. We can't wait to read your poem!
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The first two poems in this issue are actually older poems, written in 2017 by Angel and Nathan, who were 2nd graders at the time. These poets are now in 8th grade and have served as Student Service Learning Assistants for WHISPERshout Workshops. They have contributed so much to the work of younger kids. Thanks, guys!
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| "Galaxy" by Angel O. - age 8, MD "Clown Fish" by Nathan Z. - age 8, MD |
Isn't it interesting how Angel imagined the the corals not underwater but in space, "born to shine"? And look at how Nathan played with the -sh sounds but also captured the glorious memory of catching a fish. Here are these two poets as 2nd graders!
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| "owl" by Alessia P. - age 6, MD |
Listen to the sound of "owl wings/like a bailarina/in the wind"! (Bailarina is Spanish for ballerina, but maybe you figured that out!) Did you feel the dark feeling Alessia wrote about?
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| "jellyfish" by Lily P. - age 5, MD |
In this poem Lily creates a little feeling of danger...if the jellyfish grabs the rock, maybe it will stretch to grab the fish too!
And finally--this is a rather wet issue--another jellyfish poem with some similarities and some differences. Look how Abby used dark dark deep deep repetition in her poem!
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"The Jelly Sting" by Abby W. - 1st grade, MD....at work on her collage |
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That's our five poems for this issue! We hope you enjoyed them and that you'll come back for Part 2, which will publish on Wednesday, April 12. Feel free to leave a helpful comment below or to submit your work by email by clicking the button below, and thanks for WHISPERshouting with us!
The Editorial Staff
Great way to start WHISPERshout Magazine! The artwork is beautiful and complements the poetry nicely. I enjoyed the careful word choices and interesting imagery, such as the "dark feeling, smooth inside" of Alessia's poem and the "stretch" of Lily's (which made me wonder if the fish should be nervous, too!). Other favorite parts are "I was born to shine" from Angel's poem, "When you catch it/it shakes you," from Nathan's, and Abby's title, along with "undulates" (a perfect word to describe the movement of a jellyfish!). Go, poets!
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