Stories - Long Story Short Award - 2022 - page 11 - Poetry

Poetry

1 min

Velvet

Sanah Singhi

Under her smooth skin,
lie her flaws,
under the soft skin,
lies her broken soul.
He ... [+]

Poetry

2 min

Land of Poker Cards

Jane Szeto

In the Land of Poker Cards,
There lives citizens of fifty four.
Spade, Heart, Tile and ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

there's a deep void out there

Sammie Chaitovitz

there's a deep void out there
one that people think they can see
but most times they can't ... [+]

Poetry

2 min

Music

Céline Taylor

Hit me
Kick me
Concuss me
Bludgeon me
Make me feel what I can't
Make me feel what I ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

I Am Me

Abi Barbu

I am from oranges, tart and juicy,
with a smell that long lingers under fingernails.
I am from ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Listen underneath

Heide Baron

Feet sweep between dark tar and white lines,
the streets reel with soft cries.
Thousands of ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Memorium Pantoum

Rachael Lee

The children here play in sand here
the low tide safe enough for their parents to
let the ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Restoring an Empty Pit to Fullness

Abigail Pikett

Does an open-pit sit and wonder,
with all the emptiness it contains,
what its existence would ... [+]

Poetry

2 min

ache

Sabina Haque

I stand,
feet positioned shoulder-width apart,
back straight like a Chicago skyscraper. ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Pilgrimage of Love

Quanhan Zhou

Might albatross hover to his lover?
If I could answer, my true love is rare,
Curled hai ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

For her

Belinda Woodard

For her, it was sitting in nature.
Taking the sounds for the wind, the pages of her book flies ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Love is Self Destructive, I Suppose

Emma Henry

They cut down Prometheus to
prove that we were trying, acting as
organ donor for our ... [+]

Poetry

2 min

An Aggressive Love Poem

Annica Woolley

Waves lull smoothly forward.
Shadows dance across the skies.
Around a crackling fire, three ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Will You Hug Me If I Die?

Daisy Starry

We were that close,
Days were that old.
Memories were being locked,
Conversations were ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

My Homes

John Cooper

I'm from the suburbs,
pristine and green.
Flora lines the front yards,
with Roses and ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Mother Star

Alexander Acosta

Do you ever look up and see,
Your mom, Staring back at you
at night, with the sky full of ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

the symptoms of falling in love

Sage Ingle

You've always had a way of sneaking up on me,
lurking in too long glances and "accidental" elbow ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Evening Glories

Molly Hanna

Pale, ivory petals glimmer
in the light piercing
through thick fog at dusk,
where branches ... [+]