Stories - Short Fiction & Poetry Contest - 2019 - page 2 - Poetry

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min

Poppy Seeds

Corina Kowalski

On Sunday morning the air is sweet,
orange zest and poppy seeds and
flour pushed across the ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Thunder

Alex Camus

Crack goes the skies in a glorious blaze –

And so does my heart warm.

The thunder which ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Home—less

Elmira Adili

There is hurt here

But there is hope too

These walls were built with both

And they ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

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Lizzie Williams

Look at me in this place.

This place I wanted to choke

for so long that I have now let ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

My Body, My Home

Miso Park

My Body, My Home

I.

Can I come over tonight?

Yes

... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Truth About Dorothy

Megan McFarland

The truth about Dorothy

is that she maybe was right in the words she spoke

as she pushed ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Gimghoul

Cameron Bray

To LeeLee

Beneath a storm-gray sky and the shady green pines,

We walk through the ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Home Body

Natalie Rowland

Can you clean out your brain of depression

Like you clean out your room of dirty clothes? ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Home

Friendly Stranger

I just want to be there,

home,

with my arms wrapped around you as you lay on my chest ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Home.

Marrin Scalone

Home

-

The fire sings its lullaby of crackles in the fireplace.

The ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Four Walls

Emily Fisk

The Walls surround me.

They shrink closer with each breath.

Space is shrinking, air is ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

ishango

Milan Wolff

home built around hearth. body
full of brutal architecture ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Etch-E

Xuanye He

Everyone’s talking about me, mum

I feel so alone

They told me to get in the cage if I ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Winter Walk Home

Nicholas Thomas

I put one foot in front of the other
On a cold saturday morning ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Reflections of Home - A Haiku by John Garst

John Garst

How we act, walk, stand

Is reflected to the world

We’re windows to home

... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Please Tell Me

Monica Bonilla

Please tell me,
when you tightened my shackles
with ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

How to Build a Home

Julia DeKorte

Start with four walls and a roof

Add a floor, some windows

A door to get inside

Put ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Home

Elisa Chin

I like your cold mouth

on my neck

Right after you brushed your teeth

The contou ... [+]