Smoking Guns WIN

by Satish Verma

You wear a cult.
I come nude of veneration...

Fireflies (1) WIN

by Faithless Watermelon

There’s creation in the distance separating...
The cremation of malignance and a tender fear of...

a letter to never be read 1 WIN

by writer

here you are braving a step
to free fall from towers that can take...

midnight revelations 1 WIN

by writer

life revolves precariously
as realisation dawns suddenly...

Eighty-Five cents an hour 1 WIN

by Postguied Parnell

We will not sleep
Until we die...

Pure Like Flames 1 WIN

by Satish Verma

Time knocks you
down O love. Why are you...

bereft. 1 WIN

by Poet on the Piano

it's an odd sensation
to wonder if we've ever met...

green obsidian 2 WIN

by writer

songs of the rain
lurk in shadows that speak lies...

Watercolor (haiku) 1 WIN

by James Rockwell

Her dark crystal hair
Stands out on the limpid sea...

Lovesick 1 WIN

by Lilychu

The ceiling hangs low and the world starts to...
If I hold my breath now I won't feel a thing...

Bad apples 1 WIN

by Beautiful Tragedy

You will never make yourself look better by...
Even though that is by far your favorite tactic to...

Caution tape. 1 WIN

by Poet on the Piano

I stepped outside for the first time tonight,
waiting until the world got a little darker...