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September 15th, 2025
Manhattan, November 15
by Ben Shaberman
(Washington, D.C., United States)
May 15th, 2025
NYC Poetry Contest #4 – First Place
Survivor's Guilt
by Kinsasha Stephen
(Brooklyn, New York, United States)
May 15th, 2025
Westside Park, and Everything After
by Annie Downey
(Brooklyn, New York, United States)
January 15th, 2025
NYC Poetry Contest #3 – First Place
The Thing About Williamsburg Bridge
by Iva Ticic
(Brooklyn, New York, United States)
January 15th, 2025
Weekend Plans
by Grace Sanford
(Brooklyn, New York, United States)
September 15th, 2024
Spaghettification is a Back Crack
by V. Joy
(Armonk, New York, United States)
September 15th, 2024
Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle-Owl
by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
(New York, New York, United States)
September 15th, 2024
NYC Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
Wealth and Fame
by Mark Salzwedel
(Brooklyn, New York, United States)
September 15th, 2024
Wandering Shuffle
by Jimmy Coffey
(Suffern, New York, United States)
May 15th, 2024
NYC Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
pelo de perro
by Meredith Aristone
(New York, New York, United States)
January 15th, 2024
Poetry World Cup 2025 – Finalist for United States of America
True Heart
by Guohua Li
(Montebello, New York, United States)
September 1st, 2023
Cow Is Not a Horse
by Joshua Fesi
(Brooklyn, New York, United States)
September 1st, 2023
Hospital
by Guohua Li
(Montebello, New York, United States)
September 1st, 2023
When we met, three weeks after I moved
by Roland Park
(Walden, New York, United States)
May 1st, 2023
Mailman
by Guohua Li
(Montebello, New York, United States)
May 1st, 2023
Requiem for a Bed-Stuy
by Serafin H. Matthews
(Staten Island, New York, United States)
January 1st, 2023
I Will Put My Weapons Down
by Giorgia Beavers
(Astoria, New York, USA)
September 1st, 2022
Sailing to Sanctuary
by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
(New York, New York, USA)
May 1st, 2022
Manifestation of métier write
by Matthew Scott Harris
(Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, USA)
September 1st, 2021
Convulsions
by Gary Beck
(New York, New York, USA)
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