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2025 POETRY CONTEST WINNER​

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"The Funerary Pin" by A. Jenson​

 

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A. Jenson (they/them) is a trans writer, artist, and farmer. Hailing somewhat from Southern Appalachia, somewhat from the Midwest, and somewhat from the Pacific Northwest, they are hard at work on a manuscript about home. You can read their most recent work in the 2024 issues of Arkansas Review, Bellevue Literary Review, and Cult Magazine. Their work is also featured in the 2025 Washington Queer Poetry Anthology. Find them on Instagram at @adotjenson.​

 

Our broadside of their poem:

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our cedar rose is from a funeral these things can be hard to throw away even standing bene

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