Shared Writing
From our many contests and many submissions, Story Institute brings you a collection of poems and short stories. Writers from around the globe have shared their works with us. We, in turn, share them with you.
If you wish to view just the poems, or perhaps prefer the short stories, click on the links to the side. Enjoy the shared creativity.
From our many contests and many submissions, Story Institute brings you a collection of poems and short stories. Writers from around the globe have shared their works with us. We, in turn, share them with you.
If you wish to view just the poems, or perhaps prefer the short stories, click on the links to the side. Enjoy the shared creativity.
Poem - The Collapse of Summer - Timothy Russell
By: Timothy Russell
Trees on the steep hillside
across the river will peak
within the next few days,
and if things follow precedent,
shed their impossible colors
soon after.
The zinnias did not mean
to let themselves get so shabby.
The old gray groundhog waddles
through the cosmos, fat and sleepy.
The children we named after purple
flowers have fled the house.
Our own bodies give in
to gravity more each day,
our bones slowly emerging.
We really used to be something,
didn’t we?
Shared Poems - Poems and Verses from Story Institute contests and publications
Shared Short Stories - Short Stories from Story Institute contests and publications
Shared Short Stories - Short Stories from Story Institute contests and publications