2019 Barren Poetry Contest Shortlist

Brittany Atkinson

Barren

Barren https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Tell-me-a-Story.jpg?fit=1920%2C1440&ssl=1 1920 1440 Brittany Atkinson Brittany Atkinson https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/brittanyatkinson.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 06/01/2019 06/01/2019

Benjamin Cutler

To My Eldest at the Age of Burning

To My Eldest at the Age of Burning https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Summer.jpg?fit=1200%2C1600&ssl=1 1200 1600 Benjamin Cutler Benjamin Cutler https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Benjamin-Cutler-e1549259157591.jpg?fit=64%2C96&ssl=1 06/01/2019 06/01/2019

Kim Harvey

Order, Family, Genus, Species

Order, Family, Genus, Species https://i0.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Rain.jpg?fit=1920%2C1867&ssl=1 1920 1867 Kim Harvey Kim Harvey https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/kimharvey.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 06/01/2019 06/01/2019

Courtney Tala

An Elegy for Opportunity

An Elegy for Opportunity https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Riding-it-out.jpg?fit=1920%2C1185&ssl=1 1920 1185 Courtney Tala Courtney Tala https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/courtneytala.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 06/01/2019 06/01/2019

Helen Rear

New Engine Desperado

New Engine Desperado https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/last-ride-4.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1 1920 1080 Helen Rear Helen Rear https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/helenrear.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 06/01/2019 06/01/2019

Sara Cassidy

Hazel, 16, Eats Blackberry Pie

Hazel, 16, Eats Blackberry Pie https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Smuttynose-house.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1 1920 1280 Sara Cassidy Sara Cassidy https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/saracassidy.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 06/01/2019 06/01/2019

H.E. Fisher

Space Travel & Animals: Super Bowl III, Jets vs. Colts, Sunday, January 12, 1969

Space Travel & Animals: Super Bowl III, Jets vs. Colts, Sunday, January 12, 1969 https://i1.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Myoldschool.jpg?fit=1549%2C1600&ssl=1 1549 1600 H.E. Fisher H.E. Fisher https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hefisher.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 06/01/2019 06/06/2019

Courtney Tala

at a bougie restaurant in manhattan with five of your best friends

at a bougie restaurant in manhattan with five of your best friends https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/7E845AD1-E894-43DA-9413-8DB12AA71CD3.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1 1920 1080 Courtney Tala Courtney Tala https://i2.wp.com/barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/courtneytala.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 06/01/2019 06/01/2019