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Poems containing the words run, ever, rise, and green.
a region's benediction.
she was not the preferred black, an ebony banquet for willows
Jeff Hartnett
If I was alone, I'd never say so,
only that mom and dad were unavailable
in case the tinny, disembodied voice
on the other end had bad intentions.
Robert Pfeiffer
(3+1) Men Versus Grand Narrative
Grief is said to do this: making the near farther,
and the far, nearer.
Ankush Banerjee
Limping Home
(Spotlight Runner-Up!)
imagine a day expanding
with fuzzy nerves threshed
snow in which my son lay
Clay Cantrell
