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Story Institute, your online and in-print source for imagining, enhancing, and growing stories, is proud to announce the winners of its Spring, 2009 United States poetry contest. All first and second place winners will be featured in upcoming Story Institute RamblingVerser podcasts and newsletters. Along with the winning poems, entries from selected poets will appear [...]

Sickness © 2009 Jamie Lynn Waters Sickness is a sad thing, Watching the color fade from your face, Wondering how your yesterdays are, Did you live it to the fullest, Or was it just a mistake, regret, or nothing at all, It could be today, It could be tomorrow, I’m not looking for the sorrow, [...]

Thoughts © 2009 – Jamie Lynn Waters Sitting here glancing out the window, I see a cow in the field. I watch the lonely cow grazing in the meadow, Chomping away at the freshly grown grass. It is not quite a gloomy day, yet not sunny either. I wonder what that cow’s thinking and what [...]

Moving On © 2008 – Jamie Lynn Waters There comes a point in life when we all grow up The loss of innocence, Promises, Heartbreaks, Loss of loved ones, High school, Graduation, It’s all a part of life, Some may experience more than others but it’s what makes you, you Don’t lose your morals and [...]

Bitter Awareness © 2008 – Jamie Lynn Waters What is a dream? The word dream is scrumptious, Like the cotton candy held in the palm of your hand, Realistic and loud, Like the sticky situation if held to long, Self knowledge weighing on you like a twenty-eight pound brick dropped from the sky, Landing in [...]