Paperblanks is pleased to announce the winners of the Paperblanks Facebook Poetry Contest, as voted by Paperblanks fans. The winners of the Grand Prize packages of 4 Paperblanks journals are Jodie Hardy, Valentina Vlah, and Lucy Cokes. In addition, several Secondary Prizes have been awarded to other entrants, all of whom will be contacted via email.

Thanks to all who entered!

Marking time, by Jodie Hardy

There it stands
Never moving less the wind blows
As a monument to your life
In my mind it stands tall and strong
A visual marker of the time since you passed
Beside i envisage a river
Time flowing, moving us all forward
Though your tree stays
There in the sacred spot
Growing Marking time
Never will I forget
The time we shared
The memories we made
Our childish ways

Broken Summer, by Lucy Cokes

I open my eyes reluctantly; autumn has come too swift.
The long, lazy days of summer are dead.
The world has turned silky-red: the sky, the earth, the trees are blood.
My smiles fall away like the leaves.
Footprints in the dew are both mine and not,
distorted, slumber-filled steps that leave dimples in the frosted grass.
I regret damaging the delicate carpet of morning dew.
Wind tugs at my skirt. Tugs at my hair too.