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March/May 2022

Issue 12

This issue spans two academic quarters due to the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
FICTION
Letter from the Southern Coast
Claudia Johnson
Dear Mama —
We have reached the end of the world.

POETRY
June
Julia Segre
The rain dances along my mother’s roof
And she says it is God crying.

FICTION
The Windy Times, and Those After
Sol de Ugarte
When my phone screen reads 2:30 a.m., I know I won’t sleep at all.
POETRY
Stranger
Auden Svoboda
“you look like the kid from stranger things”
is the only thing people stop me to say

POETRY
summer in words
Chloe
Rappaport Crowther

the light seems to linger in summer
she wants to stay longer than necessary

POETRY
Devour
Zael Johnson
The stars are all angels
above human guilt
great beasts of the stark bittersweet

FICTION
Your Rain
Zora Laddish
I’d like to think that I have a choice.
FICTION
Sense of Carefreeness
Jasper
Lovvorn-Black

I woke up before the sun did that morning.
FICTION
The Crime Against Raisins
Skyler Rockmael
The pain aux raisins may have sparked the least amount of joy, but it was the cheapest option . . .
POETRY
Over and Over
Eva
Fostovsky-Geckeler

5 . . .
4 . . .
3 . . .
2 . . .
1 . . .
And I’m out of time

POETRY
me, you, and the calla lilies
Aja Lelchuk
always wondering
what you might be seeing
next to the pond with the calla lilies

FICTION
Just a Moment
Daisy
Paris-Kaufman

Look
Find
Bend
Cut
Stand
Look.

FICTION
Cafe Dandywolg, Part Two
Divya Sachdeva
I walk slowly from the cafe to my cave home, thinking about Alia.
POETRY
Breathe
Meghan Malone
Breathing is easy
Breathing is supposed to be easy
When did breathing stop being so easy?

FICTION
Déjà Vu
Ash Dodge
Every building, plant, person, and crack in the ground stands out.
FICTION
Heavy Rain
Kenna Klop-Packel
We lie in waiting.
We are in the mud, at the very edge of the schoolyard.

FICTION
The Friend Downstairs
Soline Loeffler
"Fiore, honey? What're you doing?"
POETRY
Surrender
Miriam Reichenberg
I have been inside doing nothing of consequence all day,
just staring out the window and wishing for things

FICTION
Automata (Repulsed), Part Three
Zoe Mitchell
Record of the thought patterns and testimony of Project 001 . . .
POETRY
Coping
Sonja Wooley
I rest my head
against the wide window
of the city bus.

FICTION
Gallery Games
Julia Weinberg
It was a head-spinning summer for Danny.

2022 Emerging Writers

Each year, Redwood invites eighth graders at Berkeley public middle schools
to submit pieces for publication in our May issue.
Emerging Writers are guided through the editing process by experienced Redwood writers.

Emerging Writer
FICTION
On the Bench by the Sea
Haley Willem
An old man gripped his white cane tightly, tapping the ground as he walked down a narrow path.
Emerging Writer
FICTION
All That's Left
Sylvia Burns
Ahh, the cold. So sharp, so profound in the way the frigid air digs at my arms, my shoulders, my bare legs.
Emerging Writer
FICTION
As Far as the Eye Can See
Max Mardesich
Thrumm picks his way through a tangle of ruins, flakes of rubble crunching under his feet.
Emerging Writer
POETRY
You See Me?
Jamaica Rodriguez
I am 13. Born 23. In my late 60s.
Old soul. Old soul.

Emerging Writer
POETRY
when time ran out
Sophia Bevis-Lipton
breakthrough at the bridge
Emerging Writer
POETRY
It Takes a Village
Cruz Foster
It takes a village
to raise a child. It takes a child
to think even a village could do so perfectly.

Emerging Writer
FICTION
Relic
Penelope Kershaw
Sometimes Hecate absolutely despised being immortal.
Emerging Writer
POETRY
Masked
Samantha Lopatin
I don’t mean covid
I don’t mean sickness

I’m talking about my emotions

Emerging Writer
FICTION
Packages
Penelope Purchase
Ding dong!
Toby Myers jumped up from his seat by the window and ran to the door . . .

Emerging Writer
FICTION
Calina's Story
Maya Dang
The dreams — ahh, the flow of them!

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