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It built boiled and toiled I was coiled around you entoiled in a slew of false inhibition. I remember as bright as the blush “I would have held you; I would have.” I would have I would I should I should have. “I would have kissed you; I would have.” I would have I would I didn’t when we did when you slipped into the blue into the hue, that i ate, and swallowed. i wander. wonder if i was the holethe whole space between maybe just maybe between you and I it was a mistake. a lapse in what i Wanted from you. What am i then in this To you? is this what we are to Be. With You. Alone. 98 WINDWARD REVIEW | Vol. 18
Robb Jackson Memorial High School Poetry Awards Beginning in 2017, the Robb Jackson Poetry Contest was founded to encourage student poets and empower student voices by honoring their written word. High school students across the Coastal Bend have contributed their thunderous works, and we are pleased to showcase their inspiring pieces in this volume of the Windward Review. Named in honor of the late Robb Jackson, the contest celebrates Robb’s personal mission as a professor and local poet in this community. Uplifting emerging writers as a devoted mentor, teaching the craft, and providing a critical platform for young poets that wanted to be heard. As the winner of 2018’s contest—and a current student of TAMUCC’s creative writing program—I knew this feeling. Writing is a timeless form of expression, and poetry gives us the means to make silent words into those thunderous works; enriching our lives, alleviating hidden pains, and inviting readers to share in our personal journeys. As a young student, I was introduced to the contest—and the People’s Poetry Festival—by my high school creative writing instructor, Joseph Wilson. I am honored to publish his own work this year as well, a testament to how far I’ve come, how invaluable his teachings were to me as a fledgling writer. Creative writing is a journey all its own, and a skill rarely nurtured at the high school level. For me, it was a precious gift to be mentored in the craft, for the contest to validate my work and abilities. Now, as a senior member of The Windward Review and People’s Poetry Festival teams, I want to pass those feelings of success, validation, and accomplishment on to the next generation of young poets. To our winners, I am so happy to feature your tremendous work in this critical journal. I hope this publication affirms the importance of Civility + You 99
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Sister Lou Ella Hickman, I.W.B.S th
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Jesse Sensibar Christmas Soldiers I
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I’ll drink my delusions over ice
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Elyssa Albaugh Dollhouse Pink wallp
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Norma Barrientes "Civility and I" s
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Joshua Bridgwater Hamilton Failed G
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Riots erupted in our school that ye
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Ash Miller The Crane & The Ivory To
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Ash Miller Thoughtless Prayers. O,
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Holly Day Day with the Birds The li
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She emailed her dad two or three da
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ack of the pickup. Feeling uncharac
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placental mammals—dingo, long-hai
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Thinking back to his one earlier vi
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Michael Quintana A.M. last night I
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Page 60 and 61: Penny Jackson Patricia Fat Pat, the
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Page 110 and 111: Ciara Rodriguez Hey mom, Hey dad Yo
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Page 124 and 125: Sunayna Pal The Concierge at the Hy
Page 126 and 127: Margaret Erhart The Gift of Thank Y
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James Trask I'm Done It was hard to
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Nels Hanson The City in the Sea Dre
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Nels Hanson The Sorrow of Roses Sil
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Crystal Garcia Individual vs. Gov
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Patricia Walsh Fire Alarm Reaching
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Ken Hada At the Zoo We went to a zo
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Laurence Musgrove Bandage Sutra I w
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Writing as Resilience: Select Piece
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"How Are You Doing with the Coronav
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COVID-19 Ghazals by Islander Creati
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Katie McLemore COVID-19 Ghazal No m
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insecurity, are now mourning the lo
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Being Over Being Overwhelmed: Trans
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• There are some apps that aid in
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gotten slightly less smooth. Trying
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Notes from the Frontlines of Kinder
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Being a Parent-Teacher-Student Duri
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I think I can speak for everyone wh
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Jacob R. Benavides is from Corpus C
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Sister Lou Ella Hickman is a former
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"My full name is Jose Alejandro Ola
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Andrena Zawinski’s flash fiction
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Elyssa Albaugh Jeffrey Alfier Patri
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