By Doraine Bennet
violet
she stands in the corner //
of the crowded room //
a song swirls //
above the chatter //
she wishes she hadn’t come //
but still, she gathers her courage //
struggles for conversation //
they feign ignorance [...]
By Doraine Bennet
violet
she stands in the corner //
of the crowded room //
a song swirls //
above the chatter //
she wishes she hadn’t come //
but still, she gathers her courage //
struggles for conversation //
they feign ignorance [...]
By Allison Malecha
Distortions
Remember the night in June //
when we hijacked your dad’s speedboat, armed //
with licorice and not-so-chaste intentions //
breaking midnight’s calm with cannonballs //
and waves of laughter, and the water //
[...]
YARN is thrilled to announce the winner of our first-ever Poetry Contest for Teens: Taehee Kim, for her poem “The Guardian.”
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