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Fall 2025 • Vol. XLVII No. 4 2025 Patrica Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers |

Neglect from a Woman with Blue Breasts

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Isabelle Cox-Garleanu speaks four languages: Japanese, French, English, and her favorite, Poetry. Her writing has been recognized by the Bridport Prize, the Cambridge Centre for International Research, the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, YoungArts, the Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Contest, the French American Cultural Society, and the Wednesday Club of St. Louis, among other organizations. She is also the founder of Pen Power Poetry (penpowerpoetry.org), where she organizes and leads free, fun poetry workshops to boost literacy rates in St. Louis.

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