Stories - Long Story Short Award - Fall 2020 - page 8 - Poetry

Poetry

1 min

Sunsets

Megan Moffett

The fading sun plays hide n’ seek

Over, under, around, and through

A bright crimson ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

A Divided Country

Emily Stumpo

Black and white
red and blue
right, left
don't forget who's who

yelling, screaming ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Missing Seasons

Lisa Christensen

This time of year
When the snow falls
And the wind turns cheeks rosy
And noses numb
I ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

A Cleansing

Scott Cummings

Imprisoned behind walls of stone
Naked before the curtain
Spirits no more known
He could ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

First Breaths Never Taken

Alexandra Erickson

On a frosty winter’s morning sterile lighting
flickers: it carves shadows
on the walls. Like ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

For a Day I was Rodin

Michael Frim

For a day I was Rodin.
My hands belonged not to me,
But to Michelangelo
And Donatello.
I ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Epiphany

Aisha Brown

Filled with time
and not enough
remembering what I am
doing is rough ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Panacea

Rachel Fields

If only empathy came in pill form.
A vitamin to flush the toxicity from our system
and ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Mr. Platypus

Elizabeth Keeney

He does not think himself so odd,
Eyes lined with Egyptian kohl,
A glossy, chubby, waddling ... [+]

Poetry

3 min

sugar cubes and flaming tongues

Jade Neptune

For many moments,
I am convinced,
I am not even a girl I know.

I dance along to the ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

A November Day

Matthew Capel

One brisk, yet warm November day
I paused, set down my rake,
And took a moment to look upon ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Eternal Companion

Maryam Hiradfar

Walking down below the shadows
looking far across the mind
voice of doubt kneeled and ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Multidimensional Destiny

Alexander Derbas

Our surroundings, one
The universe, hath begun
Entropy presents, one condition:
Our souls ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Three Stress Night

Mira Golembioski

Discord Night

I sit slouched on my bed. My back is tensed.
I’m out of songs to pick.
I ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Birthday Dinner

Sophie Houghton

Paper plates, paper cups.
Pink frosting on the
Heavy handle of my fork.

Flushed faces ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Circles

Emma Kirby

My God,
My tongue’s been
Flying away
Trying to fray
My days
My nights

My ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Pendulum Swings

Marina Pantner

I am a self-care goddess
I get up at 8 am
Straight from my bed into work out clothes
I ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Rhapsody in Blue, 7 Nov. 2020

Adithi Ramakrishnan

Blue-bells
coaxing melodies from morning grass. Blue sunlight
spilling into sidewalk cracks ... [+]