Soren Stockman won First Place in the 2013 Narrative 30 Below Contest. The author of the debut poetry collection Elephant (Four Way Books, 2022), he lives in New York City.

Photograph by Beowulf Sheehan.


FIRST PLACE WINNER


Five Poems

by Soren Stockman


To Be Born

When I was young I was really
an old man. I remember it, delicate
and spacious: knowing I would
become more honest, feel natural,
like knowing half of love
is need. A serious young man,

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