PreTeena by Allison Barrows for July 16, 2022

shoes are … precious of course….( ⚆ _ ⚆ )

Good answer!

When I was in junior high, Stephen Crane’s were the first “grownup” poems I could really get into. Here’s a chance to try some:

https://www.americanpoems.com/poets/stephencrane/

A woman said to her sister:“Sis, I need a book to fix my wobbly desk!”“However,” replied her sister,“The fact has not created in meA sense of obligation.”