Stories - Long Story Short Award - Fall 2020 - page 11 - Poetry

Poetry

2 min

Ode to my Grandfather’s Singing Owl

Kikelomomi Olayinka

I am standing over a newly dug open grave.
Under the beautiful blue sky, in Nigeria,
The sun ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

At The Peak

Sam Bible-Sullivan

I hear there’s a spring
filled with mountain blood.

And when you drink from it
you ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Old Oak Tree

Jenna Hammerlindl

Branches swing against my windowpane
A repetitive movement that slows in the summer
And ... [+]

Poetry

2 min

Jamais Vu

Marcus Richardson

Every step is forced, intense. Her
pacing is out of sync with the sidewalk cracks. One, two ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

23185, Early July

Lizzie Williams

I touch my hand to the grass and it comes away wet so
I am unable to sit down.
How my hand ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

My Muse

Chitra Singh

Not hard to identify, you,
sweet, familiar, within reach ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Liminal Space

Hari Narayanan

I am leaving for college tomorrow and
I am afraid that when I return home next
my bedroom ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Phases

Makenzie Hrabik

Do you think it’s my fault?
I’m beginning to think it is.
I sit in a locked room.
Fou ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Finding Spring

Claire Petersen

Life rings of eternity

So stuck in fall I didn’t see if before,
rebirth after rebirth ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Creativity

McKinley Sprinkle

I’ve got forty lines for a poem,
Maybe three hundred words if I’m clever,
But I have no clue ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Digital Memories

Juan Rivera

This PC > My Drive (C:)
This PC > My Drive (C:) > Documents
Folder: University Assignments ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Redeem

Jacob Tammara

The journey to the sacred realm,
That years ago I had explored,
Was something that I could not ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

peeling potatoes;

Alex Benedict

i’m peeling
potatoes to peel potatoes.
thumbing-out their eyes; i’m thumbing-out
eyes to ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Why am I here?

Joseph Henderson

One day of festering sun
Brought about a conversation
Between a holy deity
And something ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Click to Enter

Shoshana Bockol

I am in / the laboratory / with my hands / pulsing / under nitrile sky / I swipe / my tongue over / ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Yankee Son

Jane Arlington

Dear me! Child do come in!
The storm is rampant I dare say!
Now, please do tell me what brings ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Mother, Earth

Ezra Stewart

Stone never once spoke, my son. So why now
do you press down, waiting on words unheard
to ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Void

Elizabeth Brown

I was Swallowed by the void on a Wednesday.
No warning. No gradual descent into the abyss.
I ... [+]