Stories - Long Story Short Award - 2022 - page 2 - Poetry

Poetry

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Shouldn't Be

Nathan Burlett

How do you say words that shouldn't be spoken?
When a heart would speak its piece,
Yet that ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Morning Shift

Liza Craig

I work the morning shift at the park
It's cold enough to see my breath
And I watch as clouds ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

pitch black highways

Lucy Smithwick

driving down pitch black highways
of rural north carolina is
a rite of passage.

no ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Urban Rainstorm

Alexandria Bender

Upon the streets the rainstorm crackles
Like firecrackers along the pavement
The people run ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

January

Britney Hong

January holds me close like an embrace from an old friend

January calls me from a ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Facts of life

David Xiang

Curiously the day begins without you.
Not in a sudden fit of forgetfulness,
but in the way a ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

New Age

James Wicke

I do not use the pen to write
I'm am not so skilled,
what I use instead is much more harsh ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Aglow

Vivian Ha

My mom once said, "The rain brings Joy and Luck."
On rainy days on Earth, my thoughts on Mars-- ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

High Tied

Holden Pearce

Swelling, falling, rising, crashing

So are the waves of the sea

Meekness and respect ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Early-Winter Thunderstorm

Rachael Gunn

The mist is born with stardust in its blood,
A violet cosmos hidden in its eyes,
The cutting ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Bad World

Milad Khadivi

The world is so dark
The world is so mean
The world is so bad
What is good without bad ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Tears of Her Island

Yanfeng Liang

Raindrop falling down her wrinkled surgical mask,
coughing came out of that isolation ward,
as ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

My Daily Doubt

Tyler Ivie

The dull whirling sphere dances off
Until struck by the inquisitive hand
To reveal a bright ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Trials of Summer

Leorah McGinnis

As the weather warms
Layers peel away,
skin kissed by humid days and summer breezes~
... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Sugar-girl

Sarah Martin

Sugar-girl
cherry-cheeked
(double dimples)
freckle-kissed and sweaty:
pavement-scraped ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Pray

Noel Vanessa Kwok

Sickened, you lay
As I drift your way.
Silent, you betray
Pain words cannot convey. ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Groundhog Day

Lizzie Williams

As I pass into school property the crossing guard is asleep in her car,
it is still dark.
I ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Roots

Leah Martin

I am from an ex-Mormon family,
made up of four black sheep—
shunned by over 97 ... [+]