Lakewood Poet Elliot Nicely Wins Honorable Mention
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On May 16th, in recognition of his debut collection *Sine Qua Non* (Red
Moon Press), *Elliot Nicely* received an Honorable Mention in the 2026
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I make a pact with you, Walt Whitman --
I have detested you long enough.
I come to you as a spoiled child
Who has a flatulent companion;
I am old enough now to forgive.
Still; it was you that broke wind,
Now is a time for confessing.
We have one mother, stern and grave --
She alone knows we are brothers.
My twisted back with the torn muscle is healing more slowly than I would like and laughing at this (both of these, actually), which are very funny, isn't helping my recovery.
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