Aftermath
O hands that wound, / no one sung this song to you, / no one rimmed your neck with shame.
Contest Winner
IF I’M CAUGHT BETWEEN A BADGE AND A HARD PLACE THREE HOURS AFTER THE STREET LIGHTS TURN ON
will you stain the sky in black smoke / will you tell ghost stories / over the ashes of this empire /
The Distinguished Thing: A Colloquy
By Diane Kerr
“One part of the fear of being dead is the fear of not being really dead.”
Winners and Finalists of the 2021 Previously Published Prize
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Ma’s Canh Chua Recipe: April – December 1975
By Kevin Park, Channbunmorl Sou, & Mylo Lam
“8. Smash tamarind to a fine pulp (feel free to use same blunt object used to kill snake). / As your boyfriend sits there, realize you’ll probably have his children.”
Cormorant
By Jessica Joy Hiemstra and Paul David Esposti
“I want to land like a cormorant / when I die, be remembered / like a long black neck”
OK!
“The fountain and, / Cauldron of a life before, / and how important are the reminder, of what is broken, / you silly, silken, thing.”
Winners and Finalists of the 2020 Brush & Lyre Prize!
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