Daphne, 1958

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“Daphne, 1958” by Kailey Giordano is the first runner-up of the 2025 Love and Eros Prize, selected by Sun Yung Shin. We’re honored to share this lovely poem with you.

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Kailey Giordano

Kailey Giordano is a humanities educator based in Montana. Her work has appeared in publications from The Jay DeFeo Foundation and Palette Poetry. Her chapbook Waiting in the Stone is forthcoming from Cathexis Northwest Press.

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