Don’t eat the Dieffenbachia! It’s hard to keep up with a two-year-old when the world is full of wonderment, where all she wants to do is touch, taste-test, and toddle off to her next amusement. When I play with her my grown-up-ness disappears as I dunk my head inside a thirty-gallon, ceramic planter—Aaa-oooo-ga! Aaa-oooo-ga! Charlie, […]
Shawn Aveningo-Sanders
Shawn Aveningo-Sanders’ poetry has appeared in journals worldwide, including Calyx, OneArt, Quartet, Timberline Review, Cloudbank, Sheila-Na-Gig, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and many others. Her newly released book, Pockets (MoonPath Press) was a finalist in the Concrete Wolf Chapbook Contest. Shawn is two-time Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. A proud mom and Nana, she shares the creative life with her husband in Oregon, where they run a small press, The Poetry Box.