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Shō Poetry Journal

Established in 2002, revived in 2023

Audio Feature: Nicholas Yingling

Listen to Nicholas Yingling read his poem “Somewhere Between Salvation and Creation,” published in Shō No. 7 (Summer 2025). We nominated this poem for Best Spiritual Literature.

Nicholas Yingling reads his poem “Somewhere Between Salvation and Creation”
Nicholas Yingling stands outdoors under a wooden structure, looking at the camera with a neutral expression on his face. He wears wire-rimmed glasses and a colorful button-down checkered shirt. He has a beard, thick dark brown eyebrows, and wavy brown hair that falls to his shoulders.

Nicholas Yingling is the author of The Fire Road (Barrow Street Press, 2024). His work has appeared in Best New Poets, Poetry Daily, The Adroit Journal, The Missouri Review, Sixth Finch, Pleiades, and elsewhere. He lives in the Bay Area.

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