This is our other big, fat, juicy Valentine for you today: FIVE–count them–FIVE poems by Rich Larson, rising star. His novel “Devolution” was a finalist in the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. He also happens to be an avid participant in our fave YA writing community, Figment. And people [...]
News
John Corey Whaley & Randi Anderson’s “Random Word Challenge”
OMG, this just in, January 23: John Corey Whaley has won BOTH the Printz AND the Morris Awards (YALSA’s highest honors) for his first novel, “Where Things Come Back.” Whew. And YARN is the only place you can read his “Random Word Challenge” poetry [...]
Poetry
Boom, Water Breeze, Theme Park
By Joel Walton
Boom
From separate blankets
we watch weeping willows
burst and bloom in the air.
July explosions:
sky fire
easing the darkness
three seconds at a time. [...]
Poetry
Winner of the Candy-Cookie Poem Contest
Happy Halloween!! Annie Donwerth Chikamatsu won our Second Annual Candy-Cookie Poem Drive & Contest! She will be receiving a copy of Shel Silverstein’s latest posthumous book of poetry, “Everything On It”! Hard candy might last longer But taffy gives me more to do– the back and forth of pull and chew. Thanks to all of [...]
Poetry
Pole Dancers, Musing from the London British Museum, Mutable Matters
By Anna Levine
Pole Dancers
Lovers
on a subway
ready to ride
[...]
Poetry
Green Grass, Studying, The Sun
By Daniel Barbare
Studying
In the notebook, I’m studying
for a test, closing my eyes.
Some words are coming out
of the dark. Others are hiding
on the page. Some words are [...]
Poetry
Re-Read: Distortions & Creed to Deal
Colleen’s Pick: For another Great end-of-summer Re-Read, check out Allison Malecha’s poems, “Distortions”and “Creed to Deal.” Just when you think you might get nostalgic about summer slipping by, her poems will snap you out of the romanticized reverie – in a good way. Allison’s writing is tough and beautiful at the same time [...]
Poetry
Re-Read: You Can’t Go Here
Colleen’s Pick: Jessy and Derek’s Collaborative Poetry
I love “You Can’t Go Here” for so many reasons. Let me count the ways. [...]
Interviews
Sonya Sones Interview & Poems
Longevity is difficult to attain and maintain in a society where videos go viral in minutes and Twitter feeds reload every second with new, vital information. However, Sonya Sones has managed to remain a prominent figure in literary circles for more than a decade with timeless novels in verse. [...]
Poetry
Para-stalsis, Color-Blind, Stealing the Romance from the Sky
By Julie K. Shavin
Para-stalsis
I like men
who provide food for thought.
They are rare, though,
at best, medium rare.
[...]
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