Pocket Poet

Julie Rasmussen’s poetry feels like stepping into a world where feelings wear their softest sweaters and everything hums with quiet magic. Her work is playful in the way childhood is — full of wonder, full of questions, and just a little bit wild around the edges. There’s a sweetness to her voice, but never saccharine; it’s the kind of cute that catches you off guard, like a joke whispered in the middle of a serious conversation, or a heart drawn in the fog on a window. By Kristian Khan