Learning to read and decode words is like climbing into a canoe and letting the waters carry you. Catherine Young and guest Julie Agar read Baptism from the collection Geosmin

August's ripening elderberries bring to mind the return to school and letting go. Catherine Young reads Elderberries from her collection Geosmin

Wishes might be like soap bubbles that disappear or they might be like dandelion seeds that multiply. Catherine Young reads Letter to the Fifteen Year Old Artist:On Winning from her collection Geosmin