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WINNING POEMS FROM 2nd ANNUAL KAREN TRUJILLO POETRY CONTEST for high school poets in Las Cruces, NM 2023

First place Straight Jacket society Jayna Marks Can you hear the six white walls? Padded and plastered in cement They don’t creek, they speak They don’t leak, they screech Do you listen? Do you listen? Do you hear? The drowned voice of your reflection Or see your thoughts play a movie like your eyes are […]

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INAUGURAL KAREN TRUJILLO POETRY CONTEST – CLASS OF 2022 – THE WINNERS!

THE LIES ARE BEFORE THE FOOTHILLBy Melaina L. Mittel3rd place I want to tell you all a thing hereA tragic thing that defines my characterSomething that awakens even in dusk’s dawnSomething that can make an ego out of itselfSomething that can bring you and the others downAt the crack of daybreakSomething that defines my unfortunate […]

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