Sample Poem 

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Mellie, United States, 2020

Day of dog walkers, sidewalk evangelists, abandoned theaters,
boy sobbing on his yellow bike—
I pray for you.
Doomed soldiers of extinct kingdoms, lovers
with padlocked faces, storefronts empty of ten thousand things,
haters casting the first stone,
for you I pray.
For the disappeared and about to disappear,
the friend whose mind is dust, come
let us gather at the banks of the possible,
trumpets and French horns blaring.
Stars of blue flame
ignite a riot of hope in our souls.
Let the torn shoelace repair itself.
Let the crazy doves out-sing the rain.
May the wounded and wounders awake unafraid
and breathe the same air.