How to Be Nobody (4) 3 WIN

by BOB GALLO

I don’t know
why I am nobody...

Dinner For One (1) 1 WIN

by nouriguess

Tonight war serves
its usual portion...

The Greatest Show on Earth (haiku) WIN

by James Rockwell

Crowd from the city
Come together by the sea...

Soldier of Goodness WIN

by ddavidd

An officer fell—
today he won’t...

A milkshake (1) 1 WIN

by Evi

Something about bombs.
Something about death...

The Melody 1 WIN

by BOB GALLO

A star burns, flickers
within the fractures of these faces...

Evaporation WIN

by Everlasting

the ground was depressed
the rain fell to comfort it...

I Breathe to Break (Sonnet) (5) WIN

by BOB GALLO

I breathe not just to live, but to undo
the shape this world has forged in bone and...

When Silence Spoke Back 1 WIN

by she

I only understood your silence when it became...
when I was no longer part of your world...

The Samurai’s Arc (2) WIN

by ddavidd

A samurai strikes
from the pivot point...

When Belief Becomes Us WIN

by BOB GALLO

It is not faith
that casts the spell...

Like David, I Dance Undignified For You God 1 WIN

by Christen Kuikoua

I will dance before You, O Lord,
Not with the steps of men...