From the creators of The Pencil, these 19 poems cover whimsical territory and feature kids, angels, sausages, and monsters, rendered in kinetic, childlike sketches. A few poems strike nostalgic, ...

“Goo,” in Jenny Zhang’s writing, is a noun, a verb, and an adjective. In her poems there is “goo goo water” and a “goo goo baby.” Bodies can leak and leave a “goo trail,” or mouths can “swear in goo ...

Varied poetic forms—including a limerick, a roundel, and a villanelle—offer up a child’s first-person descriptions of adjusting to a new sibling. Long Bostrom kicks off the collection with a haiku ...