Pushcart Prize (Poetry) 2025 Nominations

(Oct 27)


two quadrums


single bed.         single clap.

that buzzing        the ending

in my ear.                 of a life.


~Mark Gilbert




(Oct 24)


time travel

if only

i’d go back

a day

and keep

my mouth

shut


~Tom Blessing




(Oct 20)


unedited


I want to say love me


love my text,

consider converting


all the selfies

on my dating profile

to screenshots of poems.


~Kathryn Reese




(Oct 17)


A Man Called Toothbrush


bristles

at the thought

of death

ignorant

of the fact

Sylvia Plath

would never

write a poem

about him


~dan smith




(Sept 29)


preemptive


i leave my hand

open flat

on the mattress

so i don’t

wake up swinging


from the moon


~Kelly Moyer




(Sept 29)


Nothing.

And then

nothing,

but

in verse.


~Noah Berlatsky

 

Congratulations to these six talented itchy poets! 

 

 

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