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Congratulations to SHINE contributor Yucheng Tao, whose book April No Longer Comes will be available from Alien Buddha Press this month. Please enjoy a sample of his work today on SHINE! Thank you, Yucheng, for sharing your news with the SHINE poetry community. Song of Sea A solemn sea beneath the night-lit veil, a shoal of fish — hidden, glimmering -- the hush untouched by waves, only the fish, and your eyes, meeting. Dream in the Sea In my dream, the jellyfish wears a gown of light, swaying upon my knees. I am in the boat, headed for the distant mountains, steadier than the sea. Invaders in SleepOut of the cradle I started my life, Curled small in the realm of sleep, Far from Earth, nearer to my flesh, The others from the void arrive in my dream -- Armed, skull-faced, close as breath. When they come, my grave splits open, And the God of Slumber welcomes me. There are no nightmares in death, There are no sweet dreams in the cradle.  Yucheng Tao is a Chinese poet based in Los Angeles, currently pursuing a B.A. in Songwriting at the Musicians Institute. His work has appeared in over 30 journals internationally, including Wild Court (King’s College London), NonBinary Review, Apocalypse Confidential, The Arcanist, Red Ogre Review, Cathexis Northwest Press, SHINE: International Poetry Series, In Parentheses, and more. He was a semifinalist for the Winds of Asia Award. His debut chapbook, titled April No Longer Comes, will be published by Alien Buddha Press in August 2025.
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SHINE - International Poetry Series
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From the international poetry community, we have a "luxury of stars," as Sylvia Plath might say, and it is SHINE's honor to provide a home for their words with the online Spotlight series as well as SHINE Quarterly. Click on the logo above to learn more. And...keep writing, keep shining!
In poetry, Samantha Terrell, EIC SYLVIA PLATH
Stars Over the Dordogne Stars are dropping thick as stones into the twiggy
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