2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge FIRST PLACE WINNER: “At the Theatre” by Stephen Morrow
Frontier Poetry is excited to congratulate our team’s pick for the FIRST PLACE winner of the 2026 (Not) in Love Haiku Challenge “At the Theatre” by Stephen Morrow.
Stephen Morrow’s poem encapsulates the spirit of the (Not) in Love haiku challenge. He maintains novelty in a classic poetic form while being humorous. With his precise use of punctuation and biting word choice, Morrow captures the almost universal bitterness some harbor for an ex.
Read his poem below.
At the Theatre
Two rows down my ex–
lover laughs—I had enjoyed
this play. Now? Two stars!
Stephen Morrow
Stephen Morrow's work has been published in The Kenyon Review, The Laurel Review, Everyday Genius, and elsewhere. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.
