Every month, Goodreads and the
¡POETRY! group host a poetry contest. It's a great way to discover and support the work of emerging poets. Join the ¡POETRY! group where you can vote to select the winning poem each month from among the finalists. Aspiring poets can also submit a poem for consideration.
Congratulations to Jimmy Roberts, who is our January winner with this poem:
The Blizzard
by Jimmy Roberts
Midnight—and it’s still coming down.
I stumble along Fifty-fourth Street
to bear witness.
The metropolis is shrouded in mist;
a chilly white comforter has unfurled itself
over the island.
Neon signs glow dimly in the distance.
The buzz of engines, the bleat of car horns,
all gone, as if someone hit the mute button.
A stray taxi crawls by.
An old woman,
scarf wrapped ’round her face,
struggles against the wind.
New York has been humbled—
its jagged heights obliterated
in the dusky air,
its clogged boulevards shrunk
into narrow lanes.
Perhaps it was always so,
underneath all the swagger—
not a city,
but a country village,
standing silent and still
in the frigid night.
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