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"A Review: I Found My Sole-Mate" by Laine Derr
"A Review: I Found My Sole-Mate" by Laine Derr
Touchstone KSUApril 21, 2025
Love Poems to Willie 2025
Love Poems to Willie 2025

You shared your poetic hearts with Willie this Valentine season, and it’s only natural we share your thoughts for the world to see.

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Touchstone KSUFebruary 15, 2025
"Light Cycles" by Kaleah McClure
"Light Cycles" by Kaleah McClure
Touchstone KSUNovember 27, 2024
“finding my sister after her third suicide attempt” by amritha york
“finding my sister after her third suicide attempt” by amritha york
Touchstone KSUNovember 27, 2024
"Confine" by Aidia Kite
"Confine" by Aidia Kite
Touchstone KSUAugust 15, 2024
"no contact (but i wanted it first)" by Jennifer Allen
"no contact (but i wanted it first)" by Jennifer Allen
Touchstone KSUAugust 15, 2024
"Girlhood" by Khloe Kuckelman
"Girlhood" by Khloe Kuckelman
Touchstone KSUMarch 15, 2024
Love Poems to Willie
Love Poems to Willie

You shared your poetic hearts with Willie this Valentine season, and it’s only natural we share your thoughts for the world to see.

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Touchstone KSUFebruary 14, 2024
"How to Make a Summer Soufflé" by  Kerry Rawlinson
"How to Make a Summer Soufflé" by Kerry Rawlinson

“Place flower garnish in Room of choice. / Oil figures liberally placing on large towel in Sun.”

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Touchstone KSUJanuary 17, 2024
"Finding Margaritaville" by Kaylee Schofield
"Finding Margaritaville" by Kaylee Schofield

“The radio blares that iconic tune / to the slow roll of sunset over yellow soy fields”

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Touchstone KSUNovember 1, 2023Margaritaville, Poetry, Debut Prize
"Cactus" by Sierra Duffey
"Cactus" by Sierra Duffey

“Campfire smoldering / to survive.”

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poetryTouchstone KSUMay 7, 2023poetry, Spring Issue 2023, campfire, nature, bloom, desert
"Duplex: Origins" by D. Dina Friedman
"Duplex: Origins" by D. Dina Friedman

“Harder for her to lead me out of pain, / the ache of it a half-bitten apple, left to bees.”

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poetryTouchstone KSUMay 7, 2023poetry, Spring Issue 2023
"Emily as Rabbit Fur" by Darren C. Demaree
"Emily as Rabbit Fur" by Darren C. Demaree

“I had dreamt the blood / was still warm / & the blood was still warm.”

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poetryTouchstone KSUMay 7, 2023poetry, Spring Issue 2023, birds, rabbits
"Just as Depression Starts to Let Up" by David B. Prather
"Just as Depression Starts to Let Up" by David B. Prather

“The storm door hisses / as it closes behind me.”

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"Yom Kippur" by Lisa Delan
"Yom Kippur" by Lisa Delan

“red line / between / the world and / not the world”

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poetryTouchstone KSUMay 7, 2023poetry, Spring Issue 2023, forgiveness
"Turnover" by Lawrence Bridges
"Turnover" by Lawrence Bridges

“Now into / poverty and solace as the story unfolds.”

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"Gospel on the Radio" by Jacqueline Goldfinger
"Gospel on the Radio" by Jacqueline Goldfinger

“Skittering across the burnt grass, / taking the sweetness of the world with her.”

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"Jamboree" by Dwaine Rieves
"Jamboree" by Dwaine Rieves

“Time yourself, so your heart has more / competition.  Evolving, the manual says.”

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"Conversation" by John Peter Beck
"Conversation" by John Peter Beck

“Guarding their pages / like high school math tests, / they maintain the silence.”

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poetryTouchstone KSUJanuary 14, 2023Editor's Project Series, poetry
"Prayer Plane" by Sean Lyon
"Prayer Plane" by Sean Lyon

“A holy reading light— / the heads bow, lips move / over words, through atmosphere.”

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poetryTouchstone KSUJanuary 14, 2023Editor's Project Series, poetry
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