Author Archives: stevieslaw

Doo-Wop

My poem, Doo-wop, is in the Winter 2023 issue of the Remington Review. Here is the poem: Doo-Wop The temperature droppedtwenty degrees last night. Trees stood full green—stunned past blushing, and on the college lawnhoarfrost replaced the sunbatherswho walked the … Continue reading

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Brooklyn

it’s been a good morning. Congratulations. We have chosen your manuscript, BROOKLYN, as the winner of the 2022 Sinclair Poetry Prize. Barbara Bergmann, Editor (she/her) Evening Street Press & Review2881 Wright StSacramento, CA 95821http://www.eveningstreetpress.com

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Strondes

I’ve fallen way behind. This was published in The Evening Street Review a month or so ago. Strondes When we were eight Eddie and I would ride our bikes to Canarsie Pier. It was before the landfill in Jamaica Bay … Continue reading

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Mom

My poem, Mom, is in Issue 9 of call me [ ]—call me [ when you get home] . U of Alabama Creative Writing. Here is the poem: Mom lived to 97on “curl your hair”coffeeand a carton of smokes a … Continue reading

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Colt 45

My poem, Colt 45, is in the current issue of Sheila-Na-Gig. Here is the poem: Colt 45 At six,I shed baby teethso regularlyI whistledwith every word. The third weekof first gradewe hadshow-and-telland the local ragamuffins, captive in their Sunday best,brought … Continue reading

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Goodbye to All That

My poem, Goodbye to all that, is in the current issue of Moria Literary Magazine (Woodbury University). Here is the poem: Goodbye to All That Yesterdaya poppyI planted years agobloomed cream and crimson. Stunning in its regal robesit lorded over … Continue reading

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Tulips

This is in the December issue of Pennsylvania’s Poetic Voices. Close as I get to truth. Tulips If I declared myselfan optimist,my friends would laughtheir way tocracked ribs. And yet,I spent all afternoonplanting tulip bulbsin the barelyyielding soil. What can … Continue reading

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Coffee Shop

My poem, Coffee Shop, is in the current issue of Pirene’s Fountain (15,issue 23). Here is the poems. Coffee Shop It was not a hangoutfor either of us,just a coffee shophalf a block from First National,a place to get out … Continue reading

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In the Distance

My poem, In the Distance, is in the current issue of The Big Windows Review. Here is the poem: In the Distance We speak soseldom now—phone shysince childhood and the milesbetween usseem to multiplywith the years. Rememberwheneach newday greeted uslikea … Continue reading

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What the Old Want

My poem, What the Old Want, is up on the Bluebird Word. Fun one to write. Not much—friendsand familyI suppose—for short visitsinvolving mealsat restaurantswith tablecloths,or something sumptuoussimmered for hoursover a low flame. How about a weekwithout a visitto a doctoror … Continue reading

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