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Sunday, March 15th, 2026
Winner: Weekly Poems Contest #33
by Anna Nike Leskowsky
A lion left a tiny drop of blood on my skin from a dog-like playful bite. Pisces swam near me in my other dream. I woke up to the celebrations of my brothers' birthdays. My bedroom felt safe until I tried to protect young students to my last breath. The school was destroyed and I couldn't see any survivors. How can I cope with the grief and sorrow of seeing my nightmare in the news?
Biography of the Poet
Anna Nike Leskowsky is a Toronto based journalist, poet, and a self-taught artist who came to Canada
from Poland in 1990 and worked as an elementary school teacher, until she retired in 2018.
She has written articles, first-person essays, modern poetry, sonnets, and haiku.
Anna's writing and art have been featured in many Canadian and international magazines.
Keywords: night terrors, heart-breaking news, grief
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"Brass Buttons" by Peruman Khedaren
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