This poem is the winner of our first-ever Poetry Razzie Awards

Swallowing
Devouring
Sweet Despair –
Beautiful Gloom
Sun-drenched oblivion beckons
Like an open mouth,
Smiling.

Following
Falling
Bright Darkness
Joyful Doom
The only hope is no hope
I am screaming
With an open mouth,
Smiling.

Mike Hickman (@MikeHic13940507) is a writer from York, England. He has written for Off the Rock Productions (stage and audio), including a 2018 play about Groucho Marx. He has recently been published in the Blake-Jones Review, Bitchin’ Kitsch, the Cabinet of Heed, the Potato Soup Journal, and the Trouvaille Review.