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  • CHECK OUT OUR CONTEST FINALISTS FOR WRITE A POEM TO NEW 2022 YOU

    We posted our finalists for our writing contest, which was a poem to the new 2022 you. We will announce the winner March 2nd. In addition to our winner ($150 prize), we will also have a bonus prize for whoever gets the most votes ($150 prize). So, scroll down and read and vote for your favorite story.

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    22 votes
  • DOPELESS HOPEFIEND

    Reflecting on past situations.
    Pinpointing the moment my emotional growth was stunted.
    Premature limitations, numbed from horrific devastations.
    Trama and fear carried on from my childhood nightmare.
    Seeping into my present reality.
    Limiting me from who i was created to be.
    Thoughts that deceived me, into living life as a victim.
    Parents did not…

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    15 votes
  • WINNER: Rise

    Rise.
    As I sit in my room and wail, ‘why me?’
    Leaning out of my window, I curse people, quite pathetically.
    Of course, COVID has bashed me– again- and thrown away the key.
    Not today. Really? Why today? And then I rise, make some tea.

    Into my bedroom I go; he still serves food at the door.
    But in this invisible snare which holds me, I ponde…

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    20 votes
  • Hey You! It’s Me! It’s 2022. We need to talk.

    Life is Different Now
    Authenticity you were elusive and
    hiding beneath the stuck parts of me
    I stumbled as I tried to catch up
    with a resident alien fighting to be let free.

    Afraid it might be too late to open the door
    Giving you the space to live and breathe
    and never again fear the light of day
    they say better late than never.

    Everything changed…

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    29 votes
  • Be Different

    What exactly does this broken vessel carry?
    Anxious thoughts
    An appetite for independence
    A one way mirror looking into the perfect future
    It always fails to prepare for it due to its lack of a reflection
    The world has gone to hell,
    Truly vindictive individuals are allowed to run free
    While we chain down those who haven’t done anything
    Covid v…

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    15 votes
  • WINNER: New Year’s Dance

    you come from a story of love

    so it’s only natural for you to carry so much of it on your sleeve.

    your mom believes in miracles because of your breath, so why shouldn’t you?

    you come from thick texas drawls,

    cigarette smoke,

    hairspray,

    and tents made out of bedsheets and dining chairs.

    a student of opera

    and a dropout almost-rockstar

    smiled and…

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    61 votes
  • Too Wonderful

    Too Wonderful
    I think that
    I shall never see,
    a world as lovely as a tree.
    Green it stands straight and tall
    Generously giving love and shade to all
    Who is there like you and to whom can I compare?
    Your beauty is beyond my words, and all the angels stare
    At your richness and gentleness, your meekness and your grace
    If only I could see you and put…

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    11 votes
  • Here’s to us and 2022

    My dearest Dreima,

    It’s true when they say new year new you.

    But let us not make it about everyone else.

    This year is about me, you, US. We’ve fought our deepest demons, the ones that creep in our sleep.

    This time around we’re not letting monsters instill fear in our hearts.

    Feel your beat. Focus on the sound of your voice. No one else can demand…

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    15 votes
  • Remember that story you loved? It was yours

    Remember that story you loved? It was yours

    The first time you crumpled and chucked a corner of your life it landed on the floorboards that noticed when your shoe size changed. I’ve watched you shout sentences out of your pockets, the chapters you wished away tucked under boxes in the attic

    You forgot that I write sonnets even in the moments w…

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    53 votes
  • Home/Hope, Hope/Home

    Home calls you back as if by a December

    wind, tugging your scarf tight round

    your throat. One wrong word, one

    wrong move and the ice will

    waylay you. If you fall,

    bare hands and knees will be

    scraped raw. Blood will be

    spilled. You must tiptoe

    here—

     

    Here, in your childhood bedroom

    old floor full of splinters

    cold draft from the window where y…

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    24 votes
  • You’re Good Girl

    Calm the F*** down.
    You still wear the crown.
    Still tearing shit up,
    and holding shit down.

    Still got that drip.
    You’re making them drown.
    Still hot as hell.
    You’re burning up ground.

    Take all the insults,
    forget how they sound.
    You’re leaving em behind,
    tossed in the lost and found.

    The people who matter,
    well, they’ll be down.
    The a******* who…

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    10 votes
  • The now and the Infinity…

    For the new me, may never be found; because you see, the idea is unsound.

    What is newness? Is it true?

    I find that I am seldom new; and often, always, built by two.

    There’s who I was, and who I will be … then somewhere in between, there’s me.

    Propelling forward, pulled by past, knowing resolutions will not last, if I don’t love the parts of me,…

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    15 votes
  • Self Love Chronicles

    You are resilient, my love
    Look how far you have come
    The pain you have healed
    Yes, you are resilient

    You are beautiful, my love
    Beauty is deep within
    Look into the mirror
    You are God’s creation
    Yes, you are beautiful

    You are powerful, my love
    Embrace it with all your heart
    You do not need to hide it
    It is meant to be shared with the world
    Do n…

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    15 votes
  • Hello 2022. Nice To Meet You

    As the new year arrives
    I’m grateful that in 2021, I’ve taken tremendous strives

    The courage & belief in self really blossomed this year
    After years of my mind being controlled by fear

    I’m really excited for 2022
    Hopefully, we’ll all make it through

    There are so many things I want to do
    Like continuing to grow as a writer & go back to school, just…

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    11 votes