I HEAR LAUGHING
I hear laughing
The waves are crashing
I love starfish
I put them in a dish
My mom puts on sunscreen.
I see seaweed so green
I go in pool
There are a lot of rules
I taste Sprite
I see light.
—from 2018 Rattle Young Poets Anthology
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Why do you like to write poetry?
Tonee Ales: “I think it’s fun to rhyme.”
