Sameen
This is playful and oddly touching. Framing a turtle's relocation through the language of immigration and family separation is a clever twist, and the humor never overpowers the little pang of real feeling underneath. The question at the end lands well because it stays unresolved. The poem is slight, more of a passing thought than a fully shaped piece, but its lightness works in its favor. A little more detail about the turtle's journey, or even its expression, would make the joke cut deeper. Still, it made me smile.
2026-08-25