Fall 2025 Poems

Amelia Loeffler

REYKJAVÍK, TENTH OF MARCH

Amelia Loeffler

BONE STRESS INJURY

Tagean Fowlkes

GIRL

Manny Grimaldi

LET’S DO THE TIME WARP, AGAIN

Samantha Ratcliffe

OVERTHRUST

Robin Ivey

HE’LL LOOK BACK AT ME

Jacky Bullock

OVER EASY

Rosemarie Wurth-Grice

THINGS LOST

Rosemaire Wurth-Grice

OF THE BROKEN AND ALMOST BROKEN

Jon Thrower

RACKETY BOOM

Jon Thrower

TOUCHABLY SOFT: THE CRITIC COMMENTS ON THE WORK

Jon Thrower

WATCHING MERDLE ON THE WINTER MORNING OF MY 50TH BIRTHDAY AFTER LISTENING TO DOBBY GIBSON READ “AFTER READING KOBAYASHI ISSA’S ‘THE SPRING OF MY LIFE ON MY 49TH BIRTHDAY’”

Jon Thrower

EVEN BEFORE HE TOLD ME, I KNEW

Don Boes

GOOD NOISE – FOR J.T.

Susanna Spearman

WHEN MY FRIEND’S BODY TURNS ITS BACK ON HIM: A GRIEF STITCH

Chaffin / Kash Winners

Exclusive to KSPS members, the annual Chaffin/Kash Poetry Prize celebrates outstanding poetic works.

FIRST PLACE

Cody Draco

ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE

SECOND PLACE

Pauletta Hansel

POEM ADDRESSED TO MY GREAT GRANDFATHER

THIRD PLACE

Brandon Sun Eagle Jent

SNAKE VALLEY

HONORABLE MENTION

Angie Mimms

UP IN THE AIR

Grand Prix Winners

Open to all U.S. poets aged 18 and above, the Grand Prix contest welcomes poems on any topic and in any form, with each poem limited to 30 lines. Entrants can submit up to three poems per entry.

FIRST PLACE

Morgan Caudill

WOLF SONG

SECOND PLACE

Ian Hall

ELEGY FOR JOANN FABRICS

THIRD PLACE

Megan Hutchinson

A WAKE

HONORABLE MENTION

Lisa A. Brown

SHOOT YOUR SHOT