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When Shawn Aveningo Sanders says, ""I want to be the poet who moves / the stranger in the back of the room, / who just came in for a cup of coffee / to get in from out of the cold,"" we hear a voice that is tender and wise. Her stunning poems about her father, son, granddaughter, and other worlds she inhabits warm us. We'll want to tuck them in our pockets. -Carolyn Martin, Ph.D., author of Splitting Open the World In Pockets, Shawn Aveningo Sanders' beautiful new volume of poetry, we find ourselves rich with poems, with stories, with true treasures to fill the heart and mind. In this generous book, pockets become more than metaphors; they become concrete ways of carrying into our days what we most need: love, imagination, connection, hope. Take this book into the world with you-carry it in your coat, your bag, your car. You will find comfort whenever you open it. This kind and loving book asks, ""Could a poem help make your day a little better?"" The answer is a grateful, resounding Yes! -Annie Lighthart, author of PAX

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When Shawn Aveningo Sanders says, ""I want to be the poet who moves / the stranger in the back of the room, / who just came in for a cup of coffee / to get in from out of the cold,"" we hear a voice that is tender and wise. Her stunning poems about her father, son, granddaughter, and other worlds she inhabits warm us. We'll want to tuck them in our pockets. -Carolyn Martin, Ph.D., author of Splitting Open the World In Pockets, Shawn Aveningo Sanders' beautiful new volume of poetry, we find ourselves rich with poems, with stories, with true treasures to fill the heart and mind. In this generous book, pockets become more than metaphors; they become concrete ways of carrying into our days what we most need: love, imagination, connection, hope. Take this book into the world with you-carry it in your coat, your bag, your car. You will find comfort whenever you open it. This kind and loving book asks, ""Could a poem help make your day a little better?"" The answer is a grateful, resounding Yes! -Annie Lighthart, author of PAX

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Shawn Aveningo Sanders grew up in the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri. A true ""show me"" girl at heart, she loves writing and reading poems that show instead of tell stories to stir emotion and move the needle forward on the empathy meter, in hopes of creating a more compassionate world. Shawn graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland while living in Stuttgart, Germany, and has been lucky enough to live in a variety of states including Alabama, Virginia, Georgia, Indiana, and California. A proud mom of three and Nana to one adorable little girl, she now shares the creative life with her husband Robert, in Oregon where together they have published over 160 poetry books through their press, The Poetry Box(R). Shawn's poetry has appeared in print worldwide in Australia, Croatia, England, France, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States. Her poems have been published in literary journals including ONE ART, CALYX, MacQueen's Quinterly, Willawaw, Sheila-Na-Gig, Quartet, Timberline Review, Naugatuck River Review, About Place Journal, Tule Review, Snapdragon, Northampton Poetry Review, Amsterdam Quarterly, and others. She was also the editor of The Poeming Pigeon (2014-2024). Shawn's previous work includes What She Was Wearing, a chapbook that reveals her #metoo secret after forty years. This chapbook, Pockets, was a finalist in the 2024 Concrete Wolf Chapbook Contest. Her poems have garnered multiple nominations for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, as well as won or placed in contests sponsored by the Oregon Poetry Association, Lincoln Writers, Benicia Literary Arts, and Sacramento News & Review. She also won first place in the inaugural El Dorado County Poetry Slam, garnering her a prize of $107-Who says poetry doesn't pay?! Instagram: @shawn_aveningo_sanders Website: RedShoePoet.com Lana Hechtman Ayers shepherded over a hundred fifty poetry volumes into print in her role as managing editor for three small presses. Her work appears in such journals as Rattle, The London Reader, Peregrine, The RavensPerch, EAP, MacQueen's Quinterly, as well as in her latest collection, The Autobiography of Rain (Fernwood Press, 2024). Visit her online at LanaAyers.com.

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