Poets Prize

Diary Poems

Rattle / February 22, 2023

What led her to write poetry she didn’t
show to others? She entrusted verses
to diaries with gold-edged pages, hidden
in a cedar chest.

Rattle / March 15, 2021

[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/AnsonWard.mp3″] / By now I know the drill— stuff clothes into a bag, pull the strings out of my