Poem of the Week: Maiya Elali – ‘On the Flip Side’

We are almost halfway through 2015 already. That doesn’t have anything to do with bringing you our new Poem of the Week, but if you need a minute to let that sink in and feel completely mortal, go right ahead. I’ll wait.

WELCOME BACK. Now, let’s get down to some poetry, shall we? Our entrants this week have been some of our most diverse yet with each submission being intrinsically different to the next. Before we bring you the winner, here are the amazing runner-ups.

3rd Place

Glen Armstrong – ‘Drunk on Christmas Eve’

We huddled. We swapped parts.

We sang until the song

almost opened up to invite us in.

Heaped upon each other

like mighty rat-rods,

we valued power over safety,

the parking lot over the pew.

Having forsworn leaping

and faith and the elements,

we hoisted winter coats

many sizes too big

from our hangdog shoulders

to the place a deep breath

strives for. Inside the church

they feigned joy,

retracing that magic baby’s birth,

their pinched expressions

of love betraying

the horror they knew

would come in the spring

after that divine

little peanut has his say.

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