Willa Carroll is the author of the poetry collection Nerve Chorus and the chapboook Demolition Suite (Split Rock, 2023). The winner of the TQ7 Poetry Prize, she also won First Place in Narrative’s Third Annual Poetry Contest. Carroll has a BA and MFA from Bennington College and has taught at universities, writing centers, and public schools. A former experimental dancer and actor, she has collaborated with numerous performers and artists and on text-based projects with her filmmaker husband. She lives in New York City.

FIRST PLACE WINNER

No Final Curtain

by Willa Carroll

The spotlight is a mean sun,
burns your paper doll,
your Icarus trick.

People on couch

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