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There where a lot of great poems submitted to the April poetry contest. It was really hard to select a winner. The top 5 poems were read, reread, and argued over during the final round of judging. In the end we selected “Public Speaking” by  Kayla Shirley (Review Fuse user tink123) as the winner of the poetry contest. Kayla gave us permission to publish the poem as part of this post.

Second place was “Palmer’s Peak” by deanooo88 and third place was “Journeyman” by streetpoet.

Public Speaking

by Kayla Shirley

I stand in a room
with hundreds of chairs
everyone sits
everyone stares

I open my mouth
but nothing comes out
my voice is silenced
my sanity doubt

My heart is pounding
palms with sweat
my mind is racing
with thoughts of regret

What was I thinking
when I raised my hand
I can’t go through with this
I’m falling in quicksand

The light is dimming
the room is blurred
I hear people whispering
what’s wrong with her

Last thing I see
before it goes black
is the disapointment on his face
I wish I hadn’t seen that

I close my eyes
and lose my grip
I fall to the floor
and then that’s it

Jacob

Stumble it!

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