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I Am the ""Poems"" I was born in pools of the Past Evaporated Reborn...A River I am Water I am Earth dispersed I am Sky! I am Ocean I am wave I speak through the Depths of the caves I am clouds raining Tears I am the haze of all Fears I power the Wind I glisten in sun-colored Rainbow-Rays I flow through the xylem of everyone's veins I am Death I am Humus I am roots pulling Life into Fruit I AM Water! I am solvent. I am solution. I am mixtures of Worth. I am tree I am flower I am wasp I am Bee. I am honeysuckle Baby-suckle Born to BE. I am Water I am Earth I am Sky. I am Free.

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""In the tradition of Mary Oliver, poet Martha Sherick Shen pays intimate attention to nature, celebrating the beauty and wisdom of trees, berries, and roots, of sky, light, and stars. With musical language and powerful images, the poet invites us to a deeper awareness, a spiritual place, where we can discover for ourselves, What is Holy?"" -Bethany Jarmul, author of Lighting Is a Mother ""The poet takes readers on a sense-immersive journey into a world woven from nature's scientific detail, forest, and a reconstruction of self. As she says ""the values you taught me/ taken a turn/ you did not expect."" Martha Sherick Shen stitches prose poem science between the folds of lyrical free verse and tugs the heart into holding more than seems possible. Those who appreciate the nature focus of Denton Loving's 'Tamp' and James Engelhardt's 'Bone Willows', may find a new favorite in Waning into Winter. It is a compelling debut you'll want on your poetry shelf, and in your heart."" -Christaina Doucette, a Kid Lit verse novelist and poet

Author Information

Martha Sherick Shen is native to Iowa. Born into an academic family, she was labeled a slow learner years before dyslexia was understood. She did not read until she was 13 years old. Suddenly, reading became her world of wonder and writing became her expression. It was a private blossoming, however, since it did not change the way people saw her. After raising her daughters and divorcing, she earned a degree in Zoology from Iowa State University within a specialized program for Neuroscience and Physiological Psychology. She graduated with honors in 2003. During these years, Martha also met, befriended, and later married the man who would bring her a fairytale life, Sheldon Shen. She has written poetry privately throughout her life. Martha's first published poem resides with Flying Island Literary Journal. Her second published poem won BEST of Synkroniciti's Summer 2024 issue and has been nominated for Best of the Net for 2023-2024. Martha also has poems published in Silver Birch Press' ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER Series and ""FAVORITE THINGS"" Series, and two poems in Synkroniciti's ""Identity"" issue. She was a semi-finalist in Finishing Line Press' 2025 Open Chapbook Competition with this, her first chapbook, ""Waning into Winter."" Martha lives in Des Moines, Iowa with her daughter Abra's family and her French Bulldog, Judah.

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