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SHŌ POETRY JOURNAL NO. 8 | WINTER 2025/2026
Cover art: Sikuyva Dawavendewa, Hopi Leia, 2025. 11″ x 14″, relief print.
IN THIS ISSUE
PRIZE WINNERS
To be announced
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CHEN CHEN Questionnaire for Queers (in their 30’s); That Time You Were Giggling, Giggling, Giggling
CARLOS ANDRÉS GÓMEZ Masked
LYN LI CHE Subway Confession
WILLIAM O’NEAL II Amalfi, Italy; Passover
HIWOT ADILOW Mezmur of the Feathered Beast; Poem In Which My Brother Does Not Crash
BETSY MITCHELL MARTINEZ Self-Portrait as Frida Kahlo with Prickly Pear; Girl with Death Mask; Diego Weighs in on Quality
REBECCA MORTON Uncertainty Principle (Three Poems)
CHEYENNE C. FLETCHER Lady of the Holler; Obit #1; Obit #2
RUKAN SAIF Harami Ghazal
SARAH JORDAN Phase Change
LINDSAY D’ANDREA Arriving in Pozzuoli
SHLAGHA BORAH Shibboleth: Charminar; Jokhini
ADRIE ROSE Scene of the { }; Medusa in the Temple After the Rape
SOPHIE KLAHR Bench Rats; Liberty Bridge
APOLLO CHASTAIN Signs; Downer
SETH AMOS Getaway
TIANYI Pyre
WHITNEY KOO Born from Abundant Love, Do Not Leave Me Unsworn
JOAN NAVIYUK KANE Malfunctions; Portland, January 1, 2025; Epiphany
SEAN CHO A. Thesis Proof #9.5; Rushed Sonnet #7.5
ELISA LUNA ADY Concerning Entrances; Having Outlived the Lice
GWENYTH WHEAT Before I learn about competition
JOEY WAŃCZYK Pirates
IAIN GRINBERGS Wakulla
JESSICA NIRVANA RAM Good Luck, Babe
LISA MOTTOLO Wearing Dresses
LOISA FENICHELL From where I arrived
STEPHANIE CHOI Vulnerable; Networking
TIEZST “TIE” TAYLOR Applause
COURTNEY ALYCE perhaps the only stressed syllable is me
JEMMA LEIGH ROE Chronic Illness Abecedarian
KONSTANTINOS PATRINOS Back Home with Wildfires
JACK B. BEDELL Gnomic
SM STUBBS The Known World; My Psychiatrist Says Everyone Goes Through This Totally Normally Phase of Coping
NGOC PHAM Late Stage; Portrait of My Family’s Poet, Alive
MOLLIE O’LEARY The Woodpecker
YAN ZHANG My Father Never Told Me Tales of Our Past
AIMAN TAHIR KHAN Letter; Steps
MARGARET WACK Fairytale
GILJOON LEE Strange Desire
SHIRA LEAH HAUS Golden Gate Bridge
WILL SUMMAY Magdeburg Unicorn Sonnet
REUBEN GELLEY NEWMAN Fear Fear; Self-Portrait as the Cowboy in a Mitski Song
ELIZABETH LOUDON Renunciation
ROSS WHITE Dream: Fields of Stallions
VIRGIL SUÁREZ Osaka Nocturne; Kyoto Rain
REED TURCHI Slow Note; Drawl
JAMES O’LEARY In the Dark, the Arms Look Like Crosses
Notes on Poems
Contributors’ Notes
