readergirlz writing contest (2): the story song winner

The second readergirlz contest asked writers to think out loud about the way their own work is choreographed—how it moves across the page, and from sound toward meaning. Our winner is Q. Here is her poem, and her reasoning. Q receives a signed copy of House of Dance.





Tinged with regret

The girl in the bus

window

sees me on a park bench,

me with all my waiting and

watching her,

too.



I might have known her

once,

and I wonder if she saw me

for who I was,

for who I am,

or for who I'd like...