Winner: Valetine for a friend
By: Amy Ge
there are rumours
the boning
under your skin
was cut by lonely
men
who stripped rotting wood
from a crippled oak
and fashioned
it into shelter
you
stand,
a house,
in your modest plot
dreaming of bare feet
pattering along
your
floorboards
at all hours of the day
winter winds
shrink your
frame and
whistle
through your ribcage
moonlight
spills through crevices
ex-lovers
could not patch
i hope the next one’s
love extends to
every inch of
you
even to the
little crow
nestled
in the
attic
Finalists: You’re Tops
By: Caela Fenton
I climbed your stares
many a month but
never reached
two I’s
for lashes make poor
handholds
and my grip
slips on your tears
the tears in my ropes
aggravated by salt
and my arms are my ropes
my dear
Romantic Disdain
By: KJ Leahy
I like to watch you bend.
your rules,
your back,
In spite of my vacant body
and twisted mind.
I want to push your buttons
and get under your skin
in all the ways that there are.
But don’t blame your vanity
you can blame proximity
for why you’re so angry—
For why you’re so thirsty.
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