Leslie Shipman‘s poetry has appeared in a number of journals, including BOMB, The Kenyon Review, Mid-American Review, Bellingham Review, Cortland Review and Laurel Review, and has been anthologized in Best New Poets 2005. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, was a Tuition Scholar in Poetry at the Breadloaf Writers conference, and holds an MFA in Poetry from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. She lives in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Poetry
Fall 2008
Plea to Birds
Were I to live among you, I might be restored. My mouth a holy red bud, my eyes black stars of salvation. If I were one of you. Or if […]
Poetry
Fall 2008
Girl on a Hill
A girl in a foreign city walks on a hill. Is it important to describe the hill? A plane appears and casts a shadow on her path, then drops the […]