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January 15th, 2026
Under 25 Poetry USA Contest #1 – First Place
by Susannah Abel-Zucker
I eat what I have squandered, nothing more. Knocking soft on ancient doors. Mundanity sits next to me, Singing children's songs. I long. In idle chatter, we have built a tomb. Strange scents fill familiar rooms. Similitude, an interlude, From the lapses wide. We tried. A candle shines in half-dark summer night. Blow the wishes like dust mites. How glad we are to get this far, Everything is loud. They're proud. A scene only a poet could envision. Literary long division. In some mind's eye – perhaps it's mine – Rick Abel walks the Yard. With stars.
About the Poet
Susannah Abel-Zucker resides in Northamption, Massachusetts, United States.
Read the poet's biography and Under 25 Poetry publications
on Susannah Abel-Zucker's Artist Page.
Under 25 Poetry Collection
This poem is also featured in
Under 25 Poetry Collection #1,
published in the Under 25 Poetry Library.
Keywords: birthdays, summer, poetic life
Previously published in Under 25 Poetry USA:
"The Cavity"
by Anna Yowler
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