I stand at the foot of Daddy’s bed
rubbing his pale, cold feet in rhythm
breathing deep and slow
willing him to take my breath
and my energy.
Imagining his scarred lungs
taking in my air,
I close my eyes
ignoring the beeping monitor,
the gurgling tubing
the insidious hiss
of 72 liters of oxygen. Continue reading “Daddy by Laura Lindsay”
Bouquets of roses decorate my face
When your face turns ugly with expression
My little heart can no longer keep pace
You are stabbing me and I bleed passion
Cologne waves of peppermint kiss my nose
Your fragrance swallows me and I am lost Continue reading “One Sided Love by Evangeline Bryant”
My youth is falling,
Down with the colored leaves.
The smell of pecan pie
will wish me happy birthday
I’ll float on the aroma of Thanksgiving,
and visualize what
my new life
will bring to me.
I loath you.
I curse you.
I murder you.
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SoMIRAC’s 2017 – 2018 Young Authors’ Contest
Who: Students in Grades 9 – 12
What: Write a poem or short story!
* Entries must be original work.
When: Deadline is December 15 Continue reading “SoMIRAC’s 2017 – 2018 Young Authors’ Contest”
Enter the Annual Balticon Poetry Contest!
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contest deadline for 2016 and beyond has CHANGED from April 1 to March 1.
Entries should address the themes of science fiction/fantasy/horror/science.
1st prize: $100; 2nd prize: $75; 3rd prize: $50.
Limit: 3 poems/person, maximum 50 lines each. No entry fee.
Please no previously published submissions. Continue reading “Balticon Poetry Contest”
Jack Chalker Memorial Young Writers’ Contest
Maryland Students: Ages 14-18
Cash Prizes: 1st $150, 2nd $100, 3rd $50
The three winners shall also receive complimentary registrations for the Balticon Science Fiction Convention for themselves and their parents or one guest each and a free
Balticon T-Shirt.
The deadline is March 31st of any given year.
Submissions must be in the field of science fiction or fantasy.
Contest Website for information: http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsywc Continue reading “Jack L. Chalker Memorial Young Writers’ Contest sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society”
The noise from the television is occasionally disrupted by raster, the seemingly alive pixels of white and black burst forth from wherever they were hidden among the internal code
The clock on the wall sounds in time to each passing second, the minute hand creeping slowly, damned to its ceaseless rotation for the entirety of eternity Continue reading “Ode to Mama by Jaylah Easter”
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