"Shoebox dollhouse"--image from pinterest.com
poem submitted to “What’s With the Box” poetry contest, Nette Onclaud, sponsor, 4/29/2026
cardboard cathedral, fortress of dust~ you held a kingdom where spoons became swords. you turned nothing into everything: a dollhouse, a toy soldier’s battlefield. beneath beds, you gathered ghosts and were keeper of marbles that were small planets and feathers with memories of wishes. you were proof- childhood fits in a 13x8 shoebox.
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