Festina Lente,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Festina Lente, Jack Cooper
Westview
I once laid a stone path in the yard and unearthed a spadefoot toad in hibernation
Here And Now,
2019
Iowa State University
Here And Now, Dennis Ross
Westview
Driving along an Iowa gravel road I am sometimes jolted wide awake as from a forever sleep, struck by the immediacy of the world,
Hometown,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Hometown, Kenneth Beck
Westview
My hometown is a monochrome. Pack rats on every block with vintage Whatever-you-have from whatever-year.
Human Rib Bone, $10,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Human Rib Bone, $10, Shiann Dawson
Westview
A little gift shop, nestled into a house of death Filled with…well, Trinkets, mostly.
Imperfect English Composition,
2019
Southeastern Louisiana University
Imperfect English Composition, Anne Babson
Westview
Thesis: While in love, no matter what my mother says about the milk for free, I have discovered that he is prose, not sonnet. While having sterling qualities, he is not perfect. Remind the reader that no one is. Remind self.
Interactive Sonnet,
2019
Freelance
Interactive Sonnet, James B. Nicola
Westview
This is the place where I’m supposed to say a thing I have to say, and soundly, then expound upon it like a pregnant hen with fourteen eggs she cannot help but lay.
Ire Man,
2019
Freelance
Irises Planted On A Grave,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Irises Planted On A Grave, Gordon Grice
Westview
The irises lick the wind with fragrant tongues…
New Barista,
2019
Iowa State University
New Barista, Dennis Ross
Westview
She moves like a half-grown colt, all legs and skinny arms…
On Wings,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
On Wings, Richard Dinges Jr.
Westview
Each day, more flies descend and buzz my porch. I bathe.
Part Ii,
2019
Macalester College
Prayers Coagulate Around A Woman On Her Porch,
2019
Delgado Community College
Prayers Coagulate Around A Woman On Her Porch, Henry D. Goldkamp
Westview
Southern static : pink tongue : dewy ears : seagulls yelling Wal-Mart
Princesses,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Princesses, Donna L. Emerson
Westview
First grade girls are deciding who’s a princess. They say I’m not one.
Promise,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Promise, Jack Cooper
Westview
Her hands looked old boney and bruised but her face young her cheeks blushed her eyes wandering
Skippings Rocks,
2019
Mills College
Skippings Rocks, Chad W. Lutz
Westview
There’s a place in town where the only two roads meet, marked by an old sycamore. Its bark is blotchy, and the few limbs it has left reach for the sky like the pleading arms of a dying man.
Sunday Morning,
2019
Indiana State University
Sunday Morning, Matthew C. Brennan
Westview
Back home from Kroger, I sense that something’s terribly wrong: five squad cars flashing red cordon the street, and yellow tape extends from a fencepost to a worksite shed across from us.
The Pie Lady,
2019
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Yellow Porch Swing,
2019
Cameron University
The Yellow Porch Swing, Aimee Klein
Westview
The smell of honeysuckle carried on a breeze the soft squeak
Trash,
2019
NA
Trash, Eleanore Lee
Westview
To find where the Johnsons used to live, You have to turn up the old dirt road, Hang left, then go on past the splintered gate
Villanelle: Flood Time,
2019
NA
Villanelle: Flood Time, Eleanore Lee
Westview
The skies above just opened up, hear how the torrent roars… On city streets, through parks and lots, our stains are washed away.
