Stories - Short Fiction Contest - 2019 - page 1 - Poetry

Poetry

Joy 1 min

A Hearty Rejoice

Tony Nicholas Clark

The first day of his life on earth began,
when a spark of magic from his soul ran
out from ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary 1 min

12th & Fisher

Jacquelyn Jordan

I went to Philadelphia to see the house that I grew up in.
It's being demolished to make room ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

They made my street one-way today

towle

They made my street one-way today
It's messing with my mood.
The phone can't find its way back ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Urban Symphony

Cleo

It starts with a missed beat;
A percussive cue lost in the cacophony of city-
scape parades ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Imprecise Dissection

Ann

We were tangled.

No matter what anyone said,
We
Were
Tangled.

It was not ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Muddy

Nicholas

Wetly they plunged into the
Heart of their backyard. The ground
Was brown and green and ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Fishes and Snails

Miana

Every day I wake up weirder than the last.
I am a fish with scales instead of years.
I am a ... [+]

Poetry

2 min

There is Change

Sean Mac Donald

On November 8th, 2016, we dragged our cement blocked feet and casted a ballot which handed history ... [+]

Poetry

3 min

When women speak to me

alexennes

I love it when women speak to me

kindly in languages I do not know. A silent dragonfly ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Communion

Greg Parker

They find home in open water

The salmon
They do

Chum, sockeye, king, silver, pink ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

The Mighty One Waits

Leanne Spiegle

While the Mighty One waits with arms spread like wings,
the weight of the world bends the bones ... [+]

Poetry

2 min

Strange Fruit

Lethal

If these walls could talk
endless rhythms and lyrics
of what I bared my children
what would ... [+]

Poetry

1 min

Genesis

Osimiri

And on the 8th day
God said let there be transboy
Let there be man forced to spill his blood ... [+]