Distinguished Voices in Literature
Poetry Contest
judged by Benjamin Garcia, author of Thrown in the Throat
Finalist
Polarized
Florida is washing away
New York is on fire in April
People with guns
shoot up schools
And the news
is full of headlines
about beer cans
Fear over trans people
and drag queens
But not about us
burning, drowning, and bleeding
at the same time
Libby Feltis is a Professional Writing major. After graduation, she hopes to join a creative writing MFA program. When she’s not writing, you can find her singing blues somewhere in the Finger Lakes.