Contest Entries

Father’s Day!
A day to reflect.
OR
Father’s Day!
A day of neglect.
OR...

If you cannot find joy,
with, within or without,
you must create joy,
with, within or...

Before, before, before…
those who adore their past,
are capable of focusing on what’s
...

We made a model, architecture students make models,
it was brown plywood, monochrome, okay for...

Lion’s tooth on emerald plot
Fairy clock on meadow dot
Chutes aloft on balmy air
...

I LIKE TO BE PROMPT I GUESS IT ALL HAPPENED YEARS AGO WHEN I WASN'T
PROMPT ONE TIME IT COST ME A...

AS I GO ABOUT MY DAY,
GATHERING MOMENTUM,
START OFF SLOW,
THEN AWAY YOU GO,
...

I WILL DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS,
NEXT? IN LIFE, I TAKE IT DAY TO DAY,
THATS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT,

Juneteenth hint: three hundred
and sixty six days
after eighteen sixty four.

Major...

Human connections
always problematic..

Shadows of intrigue
creep into the...

THROUGH LIFE IT MAY BE A BIT BUMPY
OR A LOT OF TURBULENCE
LIFE HAS Its UP'S AND DOWN'S YOU...

GOD'S FOOTSTEPS, NOT OUR OWN,
LISTEN TO THE LORD'S VOICE, FOLLOW
IN HIS WAYS, IN THIS LIFE...

I tried!
My mental release…
said freeze,
DENIED!
My mental-health
RELIES...

It’ll be okay, don’t relapse please, you can be comfortable around family!

NOW!

When poetry is medicine, the “pin button” isn’t just for her or him, but it’s for you to remember what it...

I cannot remember the calm before the storm, ever since that first dance with pain.

I cannot...

Battered and shamed over and over the next day seemed like a dark rock
Unable to see anything in the...