2020 Poetry by the Sea Sonnet Contest Winner: “Niagara Overlook” by Melissa Balmain
for Davey at 16 As you gaze at the falls, unaware that I’m there,I survey your brow’s drop-off, the bluff of your chin,and the stone that bobs high in your neck, sharp and thin;the bright eddies and riffles that play in the hairthat meanders from temple to earlobe to nape;and above all, your eyes, squinting … Read More