he’s snapped awake and he’s drowning. the boy left behind, a vulgar warmth gathered around his sex, […] the boy detective’s wet dream by sam saxOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged sam sax by admin
Let go of your old life. The Friday evenings on the patio, the weddings, first days at […] The Next Life by Mark WagenaarOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged Mark Wagenaar by admin
It is early and I have no one to trust. The sun wrestles wildly about me, […] The Act of Killing by Jane WongOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged Jane Wong by Marlee Gaffey
There was a word I was taught not to say in the gym, or on the basketball […] Ode to the Unsayable by Keith LeonardOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged Keith Leonard by Marlee Gaffey
What a blast! Crossing the community yard, ketchup on our lips, chocolate milk fresh as a hiccup, […] Rhapsody for Children of the Midwest by Ben GunsbergOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged Ben Gunsberg by Marlee Gaffey
after Adam Falkner Danny in the scrum & his hands are meadowlarks, their fulvous ascent. Danny […] Still Life with First Best Friend by Joshua BennettOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged Joshua Bennett by Marlee Gaffey
If all I ever become is twenty eight stalks of corn that would be enough, I think. […] Osiris Ode by Keith LeonardOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged Keith Leonard by Marlee Gaffey
Do you remember the days of the Texas cornfield roads? Our rented house hiding between fields of […] Husking by Jill ReidOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged Jill Reid by Marlee Gaffey
Being tornado, being wind-stuck, Being swamp-swallowed and forgotten, being Gangster-gone-ghost. Being leaking And prohibited. Being rugged Smirk […] St. Inside & Not by Aaron ColemanOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged Aaron Coleman by Marlee Gaffey
On the sixth day the fire began to hawk spectacle and risk like a circus on the […] The Doppler Effect by Erin RodoniOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged Erin Rodoni by Marlee Gaffey
I want you to imagine a box. Inside the box, the shadow of the hospital where […] Box of Shadows by Ruth MadievskyOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged Ruth Madievsky by admin
The book fell off the bed and I am not sure I’ll ever pick it up like […] Time and Space by Laura Cesarco EglinOctober 14, 2014 in Poetry / TQ5 Poetry Contest tagged Laura Cesarco Eglin by admin