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First Place: K. Vaghela

May 17, 2021/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2021 / K. Vaghela

How does one mourn
a not-dead, a once-here-but
not here?

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Second Place: Mai Serhan

May 17, 2021/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2021 / Mai Serhan

I make an offering,
mango crescents,
powdered moon,
dipped one in dusk,

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Third Place: Rich Pagano

May 17, 2021/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2021 / Rich Pagano

Songs of morning doves
revealed during the lockdown.

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Sky Ghost

April 28, 2020/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2020 / Fiona H

Words like vapour from skies redeemed

Enchanted from the start

The nectarous rill of romance.

A perfect Magic.

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sound hour

March 12, 2020/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2020 / Britta Alford

I look out of the small kitchen window

above the table,

and saw the skin of your elbow

hanging from the outline

of a phantom shard glass.

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In Passing

January 29, 2020/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2020 / Peter Chiu

re: your temporal lobe/circular breath/first words as
typography/the eye slant/your name/your heritage/how
we cradle our Mother Tongue/the way your back slouches
when dreaming

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O’Hare

October 8, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Mackenzie Moore

It’s always the drive to the airport
when you look at me
merging concern from
the corner of your right eye
in my direction […]

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Styx

September 1, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Karthik Sethuraman

In this poem, I am an outlaw / though what do
I know about headstones or hemoglobin / my
father promised me that Morricone captured the
most important feature of existence / the whistle […]

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These Boots Are Made for Trauma

August 12, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Lannie Stabile

My feet
Are wearied and jaded
As a pair,
one incites the other […]

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transgender (adjective)

July 24, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Danielle Rose

trans·​gen·​der | \ tran(t)s-ˈjen-dər, tranz-\

Definition of transgender
1. a  : of, relating to, or being a person who is vulnerable : see OTHER

// like a fetus or an orioles’ egg it is fragile & frequently unborn […]

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Anthem

May 26, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Carla Schwartz

We, of the overbearing bosses,
the sovereign bosses
hovering over our desks,
we, just looking to advance our careers,
or seeking guidance, a leg up, […]

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A diaspora gives birth

April 19, 2019/in Twitter Contest, Twitter Contest 2019 / Alex Luceli Jiménez

Like a whisper caressing the back of our necks / kissing a line connecting sporadic wisps of hair / that’s how we feel it / a promise of a home we ever got to claim / made from bricks the color of earth / as deep and rich and brown as our skin […]

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Friday Lunch Blog

Friday Lunch! A serving of contemporary essays published the second Friday of every month.

Today’s course:

How to Kill a Cat, or How to Prepare for CATastrophe

March 10, 2023/in Blog / Meghan McGuire
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The Night I Want to Remember

December 16, 2022/in 2023ws-migration, Blog / Sanaz Tamjidi
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From Paper to the Page

November 18, 2022/in 2023ws-migration, Blog / Annie Bartos
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Midnight Snack

Take a bite out of these late night obsessions.

Tonight’s bites:

Point Break & Top Gun Are More Than Homoerotic Action Movies

March 3, 2023/in Midnight Snack / Michaela Emerson
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Mending the Heart and Slowing Down: Reintroducing Myself to Mexican Cooking

October 7, 2022/in Midnight Snack / Megan Vasquez
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The Worth of a Billionaire’s Words

September 23, 2022/in Midnight Snack / Kirby Chen Mages
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Amuse-Bouche

Little bites every third Friday to whet your appetite!

Today’s plate:

On Such a Full Sea Are We Now

March 17, 2023/in Amuse-Bouche / Jemma Leigh Roe
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The Russian Train

February 24, 2023/in Amuse-Bouche / Cammy Thomas
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Still Life

October 31, 2022/in Amuse-Bouche / Daniel J. Rortvedt
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School Lunch

An occasional Wednesday series dishing up today’s best youth writers.

Today’s slice:

I’ve Stayed in the Front Yard

May 12, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Brendan Nurczyk
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A Communal Announcement

April 28, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Isabella Dail
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Seventeen

April 14, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Abigail E. Calimaran
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