Poems

Roses began by Ann Shenfield

Ann Shenfield works across various media. Her animated films have received local and international prizes including selection to the Berlin film festival. Her poetry has received numerous awards including the Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Her book A Treatment (Upswell Publishing) was listed in The Age Best Books 2023. She is a practicing psychoanalyst (Candidate) and member of the Australian Center for Psychoanalysis.

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Coping Strategy by John Pring

John Pring is a poet and author based in the UK, where he is an MFA candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has poems published or upcoming in Epiphany, The Comstock Review, SoFloPoJo, Poetics, B O D Y, The Passionfruit Review, The King’s English Society, Panorama, Months To Years, and others.

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My lyft driver and I by Ariana Suits

Ariana Suits is working towards her master’s degree in history with a focus on Latin America. Her Ecuadorian heritage and graduate studies are common themes in her poetry. She has been published in both academic and literary journals, most recently in The Braver Collective, with work soon to be featured in Scapegoat Review.

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Inheritance by Natasha Kinsella

Natasha Kinsella is an Irish poet and essayist drawn to the places where faith, silence, and inheritance converge. Her work listens to what the body remembers when language falters. It has been highly commended in the 2025 Patrick Kavanagh Award, awarded second place in the New Writers Poetry Prize (Anthology), and published in Abridged and Beyond Words magazine.

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