Stories - Long Story Short Award - Fall 2020 - page 13 - Poetry

Poetry

3 min

The Girl with No Umbrella

Diana Nielson

The first time I saw
The girl with no umbrella,
She was standing on the curb.
I didn't stop ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

I Stand with You

Olivia Yu

My heart reaches out.
I try to say something, anything.
I hear the word “Sorry.”
It comes ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Golden Hour

Gwen Spencer

looking through golden lashes
dazzled by the sun,
birds in flight
light flashing
off of ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Blunt

Aubrey Dickens

I am sick of the way
we turn cliches
into compliments.

It is easier for the poet to say ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Inhale; exhale

Ian Lau

Breathe in, fill my lungs
Frigid air as sharp as glass
clawing up my nose,
caressing my ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Like Cats in Windows

William Julian

Quarantined like a cat in a window,
Pedestrians scurry like ancient adversaries;
Rummaging ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Stars, Fallen

Emma Gore

The stars, those unreachable certainties,
Have flung themselves from the sky,
Forsaking thei ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min

Permission to Be Human

Hannah Hayden

When I woke up gravity was gone.
I floated to the kitchen, blender uncapped
my smoothie entered ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Remus

Tad Decker

O Romulus my brother dear,
I fought by thee for time unknown,
I breathe the air of life no ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

5 am, in a small town

Lilli Vehikite

The mayflies kiss the glass
Of restaurant windows
Clinging to it

They mirror the fog ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Poem of the Lost

Bethany Sycamore

Alone
Is where the Mind and Heart
Wrestle with the icky, sticky
The dark and lost desires ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

I Miss You Friend

JT Lock

Where did you go?
Things were going so well
I don't know if we'll meet again
Nothing sure ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Painted Stories

Scotlyn Turner

Painted Stories

The world’s story is an intricate
painting, a mix of yellows and blues ... [+]