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Someone mowed the field.
They shouldn’t have:
it had grown so full and free
the last time I jumped
the fence and wandered
its perimeter, dandelions
and lemongrass kissing
my ankles. The school closed
a few months ago. No longer
did children roam its hallways,
but still the field flourished,
growing grander every day,
waiting for...


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Light reaches one side of the river before the other.

A coyote tells secrets to the hemisphere
of my mind that cannot speak. It is busy shuffling
scene after scene of each girl I’ve been. Human

logic, river logic. Every successful line I took
through rapids felt accidental. Tell me, You can’t
steer the boat by studying what you’ve al...


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“Vanitas: Half Skull, Orchid, Gecko” by Harrison Hamm is the winner of the 2025 Love and Eros Prize, selected by Sun Yung Shin. We’re honored to share this exquisite poem with you.

“‘I enjoyed the sensuous juxtapositions in ‘Vanitas: Half Skull, Orchid, Gecko’ in light of the theme of this year’s prize. This prose poem’s rectangle makes a frame for a tableau that bristles...


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“Daphne, 1958” by Kailey Giordano is the first runner-up of the 2025 Love and Eros Prize, selected by Sun Yung Shin. We’re honored to share this lovely poem with you.

download a PDF of the poem here

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