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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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