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Poetry fans, today SHINE welcomes back poet Jean Liew, who hails from Boston. Please enjoy Jean's new poems: Bee, When I Slipped from the Rail, and The Track. Thank you, Jean, for sharing your words with SHINE! Bee (for MKB) The Track When I Slipped from the Rail  Jean Liew is a rheumatologist and clinical researcher in Boston, MA. Sometimes she is convinced the written word can change the world.
Happy Friday the 13th, poetry lovers...today we're shining the spotlight on American Poet/Educator, Adam Breier. Adam brings us two introspective poems: Beneath What's Fallen and Permission. Thank you, Adam, for sharing your words with SHINE international poetry series! Beneath What's Fallen If only he could see the red and yellow shards of his bruised ego through the eyes of those who flock to admire the autumn colors of the brittle leaves that fall in the fall, then he might have seen potential in the things that grow beneath what’s fallen and not simply pray for a strong wind to sweep them away. PermissionWhen I felt for it and found nothing, I reached into that void as far as the number of minutes between that moment and the last time I could recall holding it, before I lost it. I searched rooms where it couldn’t have been corners where it wouldn’t have fit drawers that hadn’t been opened. I lifted memory, feeling underneath hoping to find it hiding. Repeating that search, each time feeding the compounding bone-deep disappointment until, through sweat and tears I could see that I wasn’t searching, but begging for permission to breathe to pause. I allowed myself, then to take a breath, and seeing the mess I’d made of all that I could never get back, I also allowed myself to pause. Permission to forgive has proven more elusive. I cannot beg myself for that.  Adam Breier is a Yonkers, NY based poet and educator. He is the author of a poetry chapbook, An Odor of His Own, with poetry and short fiction appearing in: Azarão Literary Journal, friends of friends, Mad Persona Magazine, Broken Stone Review, Thistle and Thread Press, Bristol Noir, Stone Poetry Quarterly, So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, ‘Merica Magazine, Soul Fountain, and Outsider Ink. You can follow Adam on Instagram @adam_breier_poetry or at adambreier.com.
Poetry fans, thanks for stopping by! Today SHINE welcomes Arizonan poet, Joshua Lillie, with three evocative poems: Unforced Labor, The Frog In My Father's Throat, and The Woods. Thanks, Josh, for sharing your words with SHINE international poetry series! Unforced Labor The Frog In My Father's Throat The Woods  Joshua Lillie is a bartender in Tucson, Arizona. He is the author of the chapbook Small Talk Symphony (Finishing Line Press, 2025) and the collection The Outside They Built (Alien Buddha Press, 2025). In 2024, he was a finalist for the Jack McCarthy Book Prize Contest from Write Bloody Publishing. In his free time, he enjoys searching for lizards with his wife and cat.
Welcome back, SHINE poetry fans, and hello from the snow-covered tundra of Upstate NY! :) I hope you're staying warm wherever you are, and of course, enjoying some fine poetry this week. Speaking of....today we're spotlighting American Poet Bruce Morton. Please enjoy "Bluing" and "Old Faithful." Thank you, Bruce, for sharing your work with SHINE international poetry communtiy! Bluing Old Faithful  Bruce Morton divides his time between Montana and Arizona. He is the author of Planet Mort (FootHills, 2024) and the chapbook, Olive-Drab Khaki Blues, forthcoming from FootHills Publishing. His poems have appeared in numerous online and print venues. He was formerly dean at the Montana State University library.
Today I'm pleased to shine the spotlight on Portland-based writer/educator, Courtney Edwards, who brings us "To Enlightenment" and "Seabraids" -- two poems full of warmth and imagery. Thank you, Courtney, for sharing your gift for words with SHINE international poetry series. To Enlightenment |
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