The Hunter

2024 Travers Winner! ~Hector Cruz, Class of 2024 Morning dew glistens on a rose petal Stars shining with the glow from the sun. A lone Cardinal sings on a wet branch stark crimson against crisp emerald leaves. An earthworm emerges leaving the moist shelter of the...

Finding Freedom

2024 Travers Winner! ~Max Kulewicz, Class of 2025 I am in the heart of the forest Weaving through woods The sun lowers down while the leaves stay above The forest welcoming me with open arms With every turn of the wheel faster and faster The wind blowing through my...

The Whoosh of the Wind

2024 Travers Winner! ~Ross Wein, Class of 2027 The whoosh of the wind as it blows my kippah off my head at Temple Emunah. The whoosh of the people running out of Hebrew school. The whoosh of my dad’s hand, grabbing my brother’s kippah. The whoosh of my dad’s...

A Game of Love 

2024 Travers Winner! ~Amali Freeman, Class of 2027 I love basketball. It’s a fast game: a game of greatness, a game of love, a game of toughness. Every time the whistle blows the crowd’s dead silent. Sometimes the crowd likes the call, Sometimes they don’t like...

Those We Love

2024 Travers Winner! ~Luke Soliman, Class of 2026 Those we love have come and gone Those we love have always looked ahead Those we love have always stayed Those we love will never be dead In our hearts we begin to mourn About feelings we don’t understand We have never...