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The Shore is an online poetry publication seeking cutting, strange, and daring work from new and established poets alike. https://linktr.ee/theshorepoetry

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 7d

Happy October! 🍁 WE ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR SUBS! 🦑

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 22h

“…How things seemed closer
underground, in the winter, below water.

Now these same tricks I play on myself—
wet grass left unkempt through the cold months.

Before visiting me, a friend…”

From “Clark Street Beach in April” by Yong-Yu Huang in ISSUE 27

Yong-Yu Huang "Clark Street Beach in April" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 1d

“Somewhere a loon opens its throat
to this old elemental thing and it understands

what we underestimate the physics of…”

From “Thoughts on the Invention of the Alphabet from a Cottage in Prince Edward Island” by Anastasios Mihalopoulos in ISSUE 27!

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 3d

“I left the museum, read Vonnegut
on a park bench in the sun. How
pleasant, the warmth on my skin.
A well-intentioned man could
stiffen into statue, here beneath
the jacaranda trees.”

From “The Museum of Loss and Renewal” by Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey in ISSUE 27

Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey "The Museum of Loss and Renewal" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 4d

“I learned to mimic the laugh track
before I learned to laugh.

in the city I passed men
selling used toys, faces worn
by the touching.
a girl bought a doll
with one arm missing.”

From “disillusion” by Mubashira Patel in ISSUE 27!

Mubashira Patel "disillusion" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 5d

“We are not butterflies frozen under glass, we know,
but you curse this stage of womanhood: the body’s leaks
and liabilities now vexing and bloody,
its calendar now off-kilter with the moon,”

From “Nocturne for Elise” by Sarah Giragosian in ISSUE 27!

Sarah Giragosian "Nocturne for Elise" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 6d

“…All these years
I’ve had it wrong, like when my anger wasn’t

anger, rather fear mixed up with loneliness—
but I was talking about the sun, the nuances

of burning, the stories we learn…””

From “Approximations” by Elizabeth Hazen in ISSUE 27!

Elizabeth Hazen "Approximations" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 7d

🌊NEW REVIEW ALERT! 🌊 Check out our newest review on IN THIS DISTANCE by Brooke Sahni written by our review editor Tyler Truman Julian!

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 7d

Happy October! 🍁 WE ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR SUBS! 🦑

Submission guidelines on our website:

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 7d

“I know you think you hate country, but I smile thinking about you
mouthin’ Johnny Cash, last time you were here. Everything is muddy
right now, sour leaves…”

From “Letter I Wish My Father Wrote from Eastern Montana” by Daniel Lurie in ISSUE 27!

Daniel Lurie "Letter I Wish My Father Wrote from Eastern Montana" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 8d

“She was a bluff
yes, coastal,
dropping
into the thick
of an orca pod,
nestled under one
seafoam comforter.”

From “The Taste of Sweet Pea Leaves” by Ruby Cook in ISSUE 27!

Ruby Cook "The Taste of Sweet Pea Leaves" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 9d

“past a vulture so starved it cannibalizes itself. We drive past rain,
numbers, bodies but if you want to talk destination there’s not much

else to say. Midnight swallows our car. I say let’s quit…”

From “State Lines” by Julia Liu in ISSUE 27!

Julia Liu "State Lines" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 10d

“A painter doesn’t have to eat the paints
to be sickened by moonlight. Dizzied pleasure
stalks us all. We careen through the night
in a double pursuit. We climb into its mouth
and suckle its tooth...”
From “A Sober Spell” by Jacob J Billingsley in ISSUE 27

Jacob J Billingsley "A Sober Spell" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 11d

“Across the parking lot, a Texas Roadhouse
is coming down, and some of us watch
and some lower groceries into cars’ trunks.

I am thinking of the mirrors in the bathrooms.
I am thinking of the drop ceiling…”

From “Folding” by Jane Zwart in ISSUE 27!

Jane Zwart "Foldng" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 12d

“I said too much, too soon. Gave myself away
too easily again.

The pair of stars in the western sky
who keep me company on my drive home

the ones I privately call twin stars”

From “After a Windstorm” by Natalie Homer in ISSUE 27!

Natalie Homer "After a Windstorm" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 13d

“…like a throat lozenge, makes you appear more fuckable, easier

to fall in love with forever and ever, amen. We’ve all been there: So full of want
that shame can’t find a place to sit.”

From “The god of latex and plastics” by Ashe Prevett in ISSUE 27!

Ashe Prevett "The God of Latex and Plastics" — THE SHORE

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Jeremy Michael Reed @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social · 16d

Really enjoying the new issue of @theshorepoetry.bsky.social this morning, and this poem by Caitlin Scarano in particular:

"My organizing principle keeps slipping / off in the night, a fox silently piercing a series / of fencelines."

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Caitlin Scarano "Mud Season with Her Glass Flowers" — THE SHORE

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Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 17d

Despite it all, poets will poet. I have a new one at the Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social about Liz Phair. Many thanks to the editors! www.theshorepoetry.org/issue-27

Issue 27 — THE SHORE

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shovda @shovda.bsky.social · 18d

Hi, I have a new poem up at @theshorepoetry.bsky.social, in Issue 27. Check out the whole issue, as there's some great stuff in there. Here's a link to my poem.

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Sara Hovda "Night's Grammar" — THE SHORE

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 17d

🌀ISSUE 27 HAS ARRIVED!🌀

We hope you enjoy it as much as we do:)

Read it here: www.theshorepoetry.org/issue-27

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Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · Sep 8

There is something tender
in a grudge

The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · Sep 8

Chloe N Clark in ISSUE 26! 🐦‍⬛

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 25d

William Varner in ISSUE 26! ⛈️

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 25d

D A Angelo in ISSUE 26! 🐦

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 26d

Emily Patterson in ISSUE 26! 🌳

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 26d

Lindsay Kellar-Madsen in ISSUE 26! 🐍

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 27d

Virginia Kane in ISSUE 26! ❤️

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