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 Melissa Stein, who is our July winner with this poem:
Portrait of My Family as a Pack of Cigarettes
by Melissa Stein
I’d barter your life
for a brief orange
flame & a lungful
of peace. My whole family
was like that, tobacco-
stained, curling
a little at the edges.
Singed. Whenever
the wind rose, a few
blew away, easy
as an exhale, & we let go
in the way one does
with paper, smoke.
Until the box lay
empty, on its side,
in some dump. Now & then
cold hands would
fumble it, in hope.
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