2021 Claire Keyes Poetry Award Winner
THE LIST
REQUIEM FOR A REVOLUTION
THE KING’S TAXES
TRADITION
SHE READS THE NEWS
MOONLIGHT ON THE ROCKS
THE GIFT
ARRIVALS
2021 Claire Keyes Undergraduate Poetry Award
Poetry
Vee Amey I’M WRITING A POEM ABOUT ALL THE THINGS I DON’T WANT TO WRITE ABOUT
Devon Balwit RUMMY IN THE GARDEN
Ace Boggess “DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR INMATES
William Cordeiro PRODIGAL FIELDS
Dante Di Stefano SELF-PORTRAIT AS A BRIGIT PEGEEN KELLY POEM
Kasha Martin Gauthier A POET HOMESCHOOLS: WEEK 6- FRACTIONS
David Greenspan NOW THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED WHEN A PEOPLE CHOOSE NOTHING OVER THEMSELVES TO LOVE
Rhienna Renèe Guedry IT GETS YOU THROUGH
Benjamin Harnett THE CRISIS OF OWNERSHIP SOCIETIES
Jessica Hicks FIRST GENERATION
J. Clark Hubbard SHOT DEAD AT 23
Ken Meisel THE LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE DINING ROOM TABLE
Isaac George Lauritsen ADOLESCENCE
Francine Montemurro EATING BONBONS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PLAGUE
Christine Naprava NO ONE FREEZES TO DEATH IN FITY-TWO DEGREE WEATHER
James B. Nicola UNSEASONABLE SNOWFALL
Kevin Norwood PSALM FOR END TIMES
Erin O’Malley AFTER MY MOTHER SHAVES MY HEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME
Michael Phillips AT HIGBEE BEACH
Errol Rubenstein NIGHT SKY WITH IMPLICATIONS
Edythe Haendel Schwartz INEKE’S STORY
Alison Terjeck PANDEMIC GRATITUDE JOURNAL
Volume 43 Editorial Staff
Faculty Advisor: Kevin Carey
Fiction Editor: William Quackenbush; Staff: Dan Barlekamp
Nonfiction Editor: Brooke Delp
Poetry Editor: Kayma Snook; Staff: Jennifer Puzzo
Managing Editor: Miranda Hughes
Assistant Managing Editor: Brooke Delp
Social Media Editor: Sophie Parr
Cover Art: Zac Claerhout