Stories - Long Story Short Award - 2022 - page 1 - Poetry

Poetry

1 min

Sea of Clouds

Jessa Alfajardo

I'm off somewhere that's also home
where I once thought I'd be alone
Life brought me here ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Blueblood

Charlotte Chiu

Glory to the Highest
A little girl was born.
Ventured into the world,
To the best parents ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Death

Hoi Kim Lau

"Part of me dies within me,"
you said.
But why?
But why won't you cry, and wail, and ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Fahrenheit

Qian CHEN

Fresh tomatoes stay quiet in the market
Watching fake fantasies, listening to rosy rhymes ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Maybe It Was Me

Yuejuan Zeng

Natalie I met you near the sea
And walked with you and me
To a cliff of concrete, under the ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Lake Song

Zhouyuan Xu

Softer than satin, warmer than May
Meanders through the mountains, flows towards the sea ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Ambivalence

Anna Sze

A long-lost hero,
Probably, my long-lasting anti-hero.
An insecure hopeful mind,
Stings ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Oh, Covid

Joyee Woo

Oh, Covid. You sudden, mysterious being.
Your arrival is so conspiratorial
The name of ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Parrot in a Cage

Adelaide Fung

‘You should not do this! You should not do that!'
Mommy shouted loudly at the cage,
a little ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Blackness

Xiangkai ZHU

I woke up from my dream to see a flash of blackness appearing in the corner. I didn't notice and ... [+]

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

Pray

Noel Vanessa Kwok

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

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

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

Traveling in the Obon Festival

Danni Zhou

Never mind the flying daggers, the billow of crows
tugging the glazed horizon. Songs of witches ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

“Dear Sestina”, whispered the Fog and its Flower

Lovina Woo

It is a sweet night, with good sleep,
That I have been a year
Not hopping in the dream, but ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Moomoo and I

Coco Lee

They walked along the trail
in their own rhythm
even the flies landed on their faces
I ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Care

Chérie Miel

to Mama & Papa

Mum can't hear
She needs care
Dad can't see
He needs peace
Mum ... [+]