Published & Contest Winning Poems
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- Written by: cquinn91
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Nothing
captures Midwestern melancholy
quite like Lake Michigan.
In the winter it is
a gray lake locked in ice.
Morose and morbid
sitting and waiting like
an ashen flounder covered
and lying in wait
to gobble
up some unsuspecting ship and her
naive crew.
Smoldering summer comes
with no spring or fall
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- Written by: anonymous contributors
- Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems
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originally published 2010
Pine a blooming parasite
Twined
Poised on a twig a jackdaw
Issues a pungent cry
Indignant towards celestial
Lights
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- Written by: pepemagoo
- Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems
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telling tales of abandoned buildings
in the rain
places we'll never own
memories we'll never know.
we scuttle under floors
and question the meaning of rail lines
you tell me about places you got to get off
or the rail men'il get ya.
i only remember that one is in
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- Written by: stephaniewillis
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I finished a book and
thought it was perfect but
I forgot the name.
We could not talk about it.
I
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- Written by: stephaniewillis
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originally published 2010
A girl is found by the highway
two towns over from ours. If her hair
was knotted with
brown blood and thorns the
police report didn't say. I killed a
butterfly and rubbed the color from its wings, the saddest shade
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- Written by: ugwerks
- Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems
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originally published 2010
We each have our own turf
we defend at any cost.
Boasting of our victories
dismissing what we’ve lost.
your words taste of poison
and mine like bitter wine
living here in our Palestine.
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- Written by: Spells
- Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems
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originally published 2010
Red ink tells the story
Whether fiction or non
Red traced his words
Diligently through Christ tongue
Red ink marks progression
During the adolescences
Red ink pinpoints digression
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- Written by: Spells
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Espressos and cocoa
Fill the a.m. doors
Coffee beans and honey
Pastries and olive oil
Cinnamon incense
Fresh from the writer's novel
Lavender presence
Fresh from the poet's collection
Directions and reflections
Visions from upon
Mysteries of feelings
Solved through letters and songs
As the orchestra blends
More cultures dine in
Unfolding pads and pens
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- Written by: kiwesley
- Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems
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originally published 2010
There are very few pictures of me
This is because I avoid making friends
Avoid making friends with cameras
In that order
I march toward April
Aware that she is staring
Picturing someone else
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- Written by: Mishca
- Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems
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originally published 2010
The man was a truck driver -
like he thought
the wheels could keep him
from rumbling through -
the rock that rolled from
family to frightened family
the dark rimmed glasses
that never shook when he smacked
our cheeks
already turned.
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- Category: Published & Contest Winning Poems
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originally published 2010
A magical moment they say.
Not fully aware
Our minds elsewhere.
An interesting kiss
Somewhat forbidden
Not thinking clear
Stop. Stop. Stop.
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- Written by: LarSond
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originally published 2010
I wasn't really sure except for that.
The man was tall with short dark hair
I can't recall exactly how dark or how short
but he clasped the woman to him
She had longer hair and it was lighter than his
(Blond? Red? No I'm fairly sure I'd have remembered red.)
And I don't think
