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Jay Martin

Jay Martin is a student at the South Carolina Governor’s School of Arts and Humanities in Greenville, studying creative writing. Martin has attended the summer camp for creative writing for two consecutive years at the Governor’s School. Martin lives in Summerville, South Carolina, with family and enjoys good coffee and Marvel movies.

Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize

Sept/Oct 2019

November Picnic with Louise

By Jay Martin

Winner2019 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers Those boys who followed you all last summerare waiting at your window, but you laughholding a lemonade on the dead grassfour welcome […]

2019 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers

Sept/Oct 2019

November Picnic with Louise

By Jay Martin

Those boys who followed you all last summer are waiting at your window, but you laugh holding a lemonade on the dead grass four welcome mats away. It hurts to […]