Stories - Long Story Short Award - 2022 - page 5 - Poetry

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 ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

A Rainy Day

Ellie Crowther

The rain drips on the glass
Tippy tappy she asks to play
The gentle patter yearns to dance on ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

(I never warned them)

Kezia Burgoyne

cliffs stand out to sea
shore cracks and crazes
waves crash upon themselves
shattered ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Suburbia

Kiley Smith

Suburbia has trees that stretch
up toward the cotton candy sky;
where bad parents play games ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Wishes of a Ghost

Meghan Meserole

My nana has an accent.
The blood still drips into her sentences.
Fear made her deny her home ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

how a day feels wrong upon waking

Zoe Virginia Love

a sparrow whistles
as the air thickens
and twists itself
into tiny whirlwinds
... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Grass Ain't Always Greener

Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves

Pushing, driving
Ever forward
If I can just make it to that next level
Past that exam
If ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Love

Alex Richardson

Love

Love is in the air
So it's also in your hair
It's in your whole body
And the ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

To the Darkness, Love Sienna

Sienna Stroud

You said that you would only stay one night.
I made you tea and let you use my bed
then tucked ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

To Be A Bird On A Night Like This

Ella Sullivan

I sat along the River End
in a field of young hyacinth.
I watched a murder of crows descend ... [+]