“Uncertainty Principle” by Rebecca Morton

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Three “Uncertainty Principle” poems by Rebecca Morton were selected as the runner-up of the Shō Poetry Prize for Shō No. 8.
Read about the Shō Poetry Prize here, or view past recipients and honorees.

Rebecca Morton is a queer poet based in Chicago. Her debut chapbook Afterbirth (Small Harbor Press, 2024) explores her family’s involvement in the foster care system. Her poems appear in Smartish Pace, The Offing, Sugar House Review, Cream City Review, RHINO, TriQuarterly, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere, and have been featured on Verse Daily. A recent Tin House Summer Workshop participant, she holds an MFA from Eastern Washington University.
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