Stories - Long Story Short Award - Fall 2020 - page 10 - Poetry

Poetry

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A coffin full of silk

Amaranthe Ivory Violeta

She has the gift of sight, she sees the words
he speaks. He has the gift of song he sings, ... [+]

Poetry

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Ode to the Wanderer

Jordan Strong

Oh wanderer!
Who else knows so well his life’s purpose.
As sure as grass is green in the ... [+]

Poetry

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Monday Legacy

Jowa Shi

Every day muzzled by mundane decisions.
Here lie tombstones of paperwork filled with ... [+]

Poetry

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Gollum and Smeagol

Haider Alistaire

O’ Smeagol O’ Gollum, O’ Smeagol O’ Gollum
Come to me, O’ come to me, hear the ring hum.
... [+]

Poetry

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Rise

Emily Rittammer

I rise.
My head bursting above the cold ocean I’ve been drowning in for years.
Murky waters ... [+]

Poetry

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Portrait

VANESSA JINYOUNG YANG

In the lake, there are the moon and clouds. Glassy clear blue sky and colourful autumn.

And ... [+]

Poetry

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Through hell and back again

Isaac St. Cyr

When I was younger I felt like a ghost
So starkly different stranger than most
I wished to ... [+]

Poetry

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MAD- My Abysmal Dilemma

Jasnoor Kaur

To which part of me is called sanity, I wonder
When the ocean of my eyes swept away the thunde ... [+]

Poetry

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I Visit Dick

Jenna Massey

I visit Dick around ten o’clock. Dick’s this big guy,
6’5 or 6’6 or something, broad chested ... [+]

Poetry

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Traumatic Continuity

Jeremiah Meadows

BANG (1)
BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG (2)
a billion years
BANG (3)
One, they’re gone ... [+]

Poetry

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The Teaching of Diversity

Sarina bruno

Diversity connects us
As we discover our differences
We realize our similarities ... [+]

Poetry

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Rapunzel

Ridhi Sareen

I
am ... [+]

Poetry

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A year of Humanity

Vlada Chernova

It started as a normal day,
You’re off to work, kids went to school.
But then you heard thei ... [+]

Poetry

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Dear Me

Nicole Barrus

Dear Me,
This is You.
Get up.

Push yourself off of rock bottom
And stand.
Stand ... [+]

Poetry

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Mamá

Amanda Gutierrez

When my dad was closer to death than to us, he’d call out for his mom. His sickness made him ... [+]

Poetry

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sweetener

Jodi Bosin

i did a drum lesson on facetime
today, everything clumsy

i think i’m doing Okay™ but ... [+]

Poetry

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Overwhelm

Meryl Noelle Basmayor

I am an overclocked engine
Operating at the highest capacity
Taking flight when it should not ... [+]

Poetry

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This Isn't Personification

Ada Cruz

I didn’t know where to start, so I tried writing this poem like an essay- organized, structured ... [+]