August 3rd, 2025
Winner: Weekly Poems Contest #6
by Steven Bruce
The body stocks it all,
words, fists, nights slept on concrete,
all crammed into you
like dog-eared bookmarks.
Each scar's a faded footnote
in a children's book nobody wanted.
The spine's a battered filing cabinet
crammed with dead-end jobs,
unsent love letters,
and the dream where your father
said something kind.
But somewhere on the shelves,
one true sentence remains,
something like,
even broken books
deserve to be read.
Biography of the Poet
Steven Bruce is a multiple award-winning author.
His poetry and short stories have appeared in numerous international anthologies and magazines.
In 2018, he graduated from Teesside University with a Master of Arts in Creative Writing.
Born in England, Steven now resides and writes full-time in Osie, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
Steven Bruce's website: www.stevenbrucewriter.co.uk
Keywords: grief, memory, redemption
Previously Published in Weekly Poems:
"My Rain-Filled Days" by Ri Dela Borj
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