Stories - Long Story Short Award - 2022 - page 8 - Poetry

Poetry

1 min

Evelyn

Eve Iyengar

From your soft pink cheeks,
rose gardens will bloom

and from the blue in your eyes, ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min

Pruning

Hannah Erlbacher

It's okay to rip flowers out
and to set fire to vines,
to pluck petals off without
counting to ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Laughing

Emily Tsai

My mind is blank.
My face is fuzzy.
I'm dying, and it's so funny.
Please, sir,
Make a ... [+]

Poetry

2 min

different bones

Caro Ingle

then:

one day i'll be reborn.

into a skin that has never been touched by you,
into ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Red Forest

Kirk Saylor

The molten sun melts like liquid gold over the small town. Scattered
Homes with curtains pulled ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

What She Made

Christopher C

She always stood beside me
But I never made a sound
Why stay with her, they say?
Why bothe ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Polytheism

Jo Snow

I woke to the hum of Tallulah's red Ford
Ranger in the driveway of my home. That morning, ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Twenty Questions No One Can Seem To Answer

Haley McBride

Have you ever run away? Could you ever run away?
What if the only thing you want to escape is ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

worms

Brielle Williams

Whenever it rains,
I look for worms on the ground.
When I see one,
I like to pick it up and ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

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 ... [+]