October 1, 2013
Mobile
Runner-Up2013 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers You were born in a rolling meth lab parked on the shoulder while a junkie worked you out and cradled you […]
October 1, 2013
Saung
Runner-Up 2013 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers The queer thing is in the way you do not know to slip sweetly into another chambered shell; then my […]
October 1, 2013
Young Poets Introduction
2013 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers, now in its tenth year, recognizes an outstanding single poem by a high school […]
October 1, 2012
Introduction: 2012 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers
This is our ninth year of judging and awarding the Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers at The Kenyon Review. The magazine’s staff remains grateful to Patricia Grodd for […]
October 1, 2012
Rangoli
Runner-Up 2012 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers If it weren't for the partition of unknown miles, my mother's mother might be kissing her now in the margin […]
October 1, 2012
Dear Poet
First-Prize Winner 2012 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers Dear Poet Your entry to the People's Daily is not accepted. Generally we like the simple language, but struggle […]
October 1, 2012
Elephant Grave
First-Prize Winner 2012 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers After an elephant dies, the herd may carry its bones for miles. Did you know that? Hefting them over […]
October 1, 2011
Ode to Words
First-Prize Winner 2011 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers To the times you say something just because you like the way it lies on your tongue, or how […]
October 1, 2011
Ripening
Runner-up 2011 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers The summer I left home, a woman next to a honeysuckle vine counted the pearl buttons of my mother's sweater. […]
October 1, 2011
Young Poets Introduction
2011 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers This is the eighth year we have offered the Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers here at The Kenyon Review. Our […]
October 1, 2011
Halmoni
Runner-up 2011 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers "I can't put my life there in words." —Kim Haksoon, former Korean "comfort woman" The first man who lifted my […]
October 1, 2010
Young Poets Introduction
2010 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers In its seventh year, the Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers continues to elicit superb writing by some of the most […]