Subimal Sinha-Roy Poet Rhyme

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Contest : The Stoner Collaboration

Sponsored by : Charles Messina

Date June 13, 2026

The Stoner

Charles Messina's poem :

I was sitting on the corner, stoned 
When out of the blue, my dead aunt phoned 
How could this be, she rests in peace 
Right beside my loving niece
 
I answered the phone, and my auntie said 
"I know you think that I am dead"  
"I'm alive"- my auntie moaned 
Or- could it be that you're just- "Stoned"

My poem :

"Don’t be scared” she said in a voice low,
“if I cuddle you as I did a long time ago. 
You hear me now on your smoky phone, 
I’ll come to be with you when you’re alone."  

I stroked my clouded eyes as the space spun,
away from the misty room I wanted to run.
I stuttered “Maybe you’re alive, you’re right” 
as her voice dissolved into the stoner’s night.

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