Home by Qianhui Ma

Night descended,

On my little blue quilt,

Of seas and shadows,

And a beetle shuffling through the woods

And the dreams slept,

in shadows blowing through the wind,

Of willows and summer moons,

And the singing,

On the prairie of a yellow shoe

Pieces of laughter,

Washed up against the shore,

Where the old sailor searched,

For a red kite,

With a lantern,

Of mosses and fireflies.

And in the distance,

I heard a dolphin cry.

Qianhui Ma is a high school junior from Beijing, China. She fell in love with English writing when studying abroad in the U.S. during her fifth grade and has previously published her work in a brochure made by Iowa University’s summer program for creative writing. She loves writing poetry, flash fictions and short stories, and also enjoys painting and sketching. With a great passion for education, she aspires to use her skills in writing and art to improve the education of children.