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Joannie Stangeland
Joannie Stangeland is the author of several collections, including The Scene You See (Ravenna Press). Her poems have also appeared in The Pedestal Magazine, New England Review, Birdbrains: A Lyrical Guide to Washington State Birds, and other journals and anthologies. Joannie holds an MFA from the Rainier Writing Workshop.
Regarding Shear
That a roof over every head shelters. That stresses compress or tension the trusses. That inspection figures the load, the bending. That a shear diagram and a moment diagram are not the same as living in the moment. And this shear has nothing to do with sheep, the wool shaved off the body. […]