“The Secret of Life” by Gemma Wong

Gemma Wong (age 8)

THE SECRET OF LIFE

The sleeping lion

The living bones

The paper world

The matchstick bag

The book of secrets

Life and death.

—from 2017 Rattle Young Poets Anthology

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Rattle: Poetry

… without pretension since 1995.

September 16, 2017

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