Category: Poetry Contest Honorable Mention!

by Jacklin Farley After Beholding the Stains on My PBR Can My beloved whispers against            my bare, open neck – “I want                         your lipstick on everything” –                                     then examines my sleek aluminum                        cylinder again under the dive bar              fairy lights, as if it were somerare mineral specimen or elusive                          icon of unparalleled archeological            import. My paisley-print denim                        mini skirt dampening beneath […]

by Eric Lochridge Wild Horse Island Our summer road trip ended in Lakeside at dusk,            thunderstorm roiling the water. Gray lake agitated,                        Grandpa’s boats bobbed like ice cubesat the docks. The glare of the dying            day raged in my stepmother’s eyes.                        Her wrath struck like lightningthat always found my body—half-moon marks            on my wrist, archipelago of bruises                        across my thigh.Dad scurried […]