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2026 Poetry Contest

2026 Poetry Contest

Max Heinegg

Skip the Tragic Films The other night, while I slept heavy,you heard a killing in the yardand in the morning found a tangleof fur and...
2026 Poetry Contest

Ashley Kirkland

A Dream Is a Door I dream of an old crushand when I wake, my heartsinks because none of it was real. Not him dream lingeringso...
2026 Poetry Contest

Diane DeCillis

Chez Pierre et Geneviève Pâtisserie Driving past Chez Pierre et Geneviève Pâtisserie, the sign alone triggers a craving for croissants— flaky, caramel‑colored shell, its center deepened to amber....
2026 Poetry Contest

Bailey Quinn

Again I stand in a dying field watching a glitter fall of bird wings Every change of season I find myself where flowers wilted. It’s growing old visits, revisits,...
2026 Poetry Contest

Allyson Wuerth

Our Dead Pancreases Within my father and me, they are bellwethers of the body’s ruin. Pancreases turned inside out– empty pockets on the day a bill comes due. Or maybe my...
2026 Poetry Contest

Robin Rosen Chang

Raised Beds The summer of virus and loneliness, I’d walk around the raised bed crammed with basil, dill, and cilantro,   at least three times, a gesture that felt almost...
2026 Poetry Contest

Bailey Quinn

The starlings are back in coal-smudged November I watch them murmurate, peck branches, shingles off a roof. They bulge and brigade against the ground. We fought again....
2026 Poetry Contest

Diane LeBlanc

Among Remains The dog who mines springmud for squirrel shards this morning just stares,in awe or empathy, a deer skeleton sproutingfrom rain-washed gravel, scrabble of ribs and spine,scapula...
2026 Poetry Contest

Sarah Carey

A Duplex for Nerve Root Signature My old dog signs pain with his lifted paw. The vet says lameness is a classic sign. Sign language lifts...
2026 Poetry Contest

2026 SWEET POETRY CONTEST RESULTS

SWEET POETRY CONTEST 2026 RESULTS “A Duplex for Nerve Root Signature”—Sarah Carey So much skill in this beautiful poem! The duplex form is difficult to master,...

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