2021
POETRY OPEN
Honorable Mention
$25 Award
DERAILED
by Suzanne Chick
God help me
That man’s mouth and his
Soft kisses
Derail me
Make me weak
Make dead ends appear as open roads
Deceit’s sharp edges smooth into a gentle truth
Misdeeds turn to reparations
Stolen things into philanthropy
Is there even such a thing as sin
When it comes to him?
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Suzanne Chick was born and raised in central New York. She grew up in a large family of daydreamers, artists, and musicians. She works as a nurse but prefers to write, and does so whenever it strikes her. She loves discovering a new poem on paper or finding one within herself that needs to come out.
August 2021