The Shore Issue 29 has emerged just in time for spring! It is bursting with poems navigating life’s tangles and finding beauty in the weeds. The issue is popping with new poems from Amorak Huey, Avriel Mejrah, Kelly Grace Thomas, Jacqueline Berger, Thia Bian, Elena Zhang, Bridget Brush, Jenny Chu, Cayla Garman, Patrick Meeds, Brian Czyzyk, Ronda Piszk Broatch, Lea Marshall, Fiona Jin, Catherine Weiss, Morgan Matchuny, Jessica Zhao, Meggie Royer, Janice Northerns, Fez Avery, Aaron Tyler Hand, Morgan Moriarty, Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi, H G Dierdorff, Heidi Seaborn, Becki Hawkes, Tara Ballard, H R Webster, Gareth Adams,Chris Cocca, Nathan Fako, Bridget Kriner, Finaly Worrallo, Özge Lena, Mary Buchinger, Lisa Raatikainen, Nathaniel Julien Brame, Kaitlin Tan, Katie Kemple, Nancy Mitchell, Dennis Hirichsen, Elinor Ann Walker, Daniel Elias Bliss and Nora Sun. It also features an explosion of art by Adam Benedict.

The Shore Issue 28 celebrates the 7the Anniversary of the publication. The editors are excited to share compelling poems that, like winter, have so much new life lingering beneath the surface. Readers will enjoy ringing in 2026 with revelatory poems by Emily Rosko, Gabby Zankowitz, Lizzy Ke Polishan, Rebecca Brock, Atia Sattar, Emily Harman, Giljoon Lee, K Hari, Violeta Garcia-Mendoza, Melanie McCabe, Safira Khan, Ashley Mo, Julia C Alter, Stephanie Chang, Maria Giesbrecht, Allison Blevins, Adam Chiles, Samuel Day Wharton, Kevin Clark, Brooke Harries, Julie Wong, Sumayya Arshed, Mariana Gioffre, Grace Lynn, Michael J Kolb, Elizabeth Porter, Christopher Buckley, Hayden Park, Grace Anne Anderson, Ruiyan Zhu, Topher Shields, Sarah Horner, Terry Tierney, Staci Halt, Alejandra Vansant, Arpita Roy, Veronica Fletcher, Peter Pizzi, Mary Fontana, Zixuan (Angel) Xin, Shari Zollinger, Caleb Jagoda & McKinley Johnson. Fractal art by Natalie Rainer is featured throughout.

The Shore poetry journal Issue 27 celebrates change through shifting shades, morphing shapes and evolving identities, with art by Melissa Marsh completing this issue’s haunting promise that nothing will ever be the same again.

Readers can freely access this online publication, with transformational work by Ashe Prevett, Natalie Homer, Jane Zwart, Jacob J Billingsley, Julia Liu, Ruby Cook, Daniel Lurie, Elizabeth Hazen, Sarah Giragosian, Mubashira Patel, Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, Anastasios Mihalopoulos, Yong-Yu Huang, Patricia Davis-Muffett, Eleanore Tisch, David Eileen, Amelia Yuan, Ali Beheler, Zackary Jarrell, RK Fauth, Haley King, Caitlin Scarano, Marc Alan Di Martino, Joshua Zeitler, Lily Daly, Michelle Ivy Alwedo, Margaret Hanshaw, Natalie Eleanor Patterson, Gavin Garza, Andrew Kelly, Melody Wilson, Cora Schipa, Alicia Rebecca Myers, Sara Hovda, Caleb Braun, Allison Wu, Ana Paneque, Andy Breckenridge, Jane McKinley, Anders Villani, Hazelyn Aroian, Brendan Payraudeau & Laurel Benjamin.

The Shore Issue 26 meets the blistering heat and the storms of early summer with its face turned directly into the weather. Scorched or soaked, it features electric new poems by Samuel Dickerson, Richard Siken, Natalie Padilla Young, Yishak Yohannes Yebio, Ryan Wong, Bethany Schultz Hurst, Yan Zhang, Rongfei Mu, Kathleen Winter, Carter Rekoske, S Janaki, Rebekah Rykiel, Anastasia Nikolis, Emily Pérez, Lorrie Ness, Ken Holland, Deirdre Lockwood, David Dodd Lee, Donald Pasmore, Haley Hodge, Ann Chinnis, Jenny Maaketo, Amrita Noor, Jordan Cobb, Rowan Tate, Chloe N Clark, F M Stringer, Kelle Groom, Charles Kell, Melissa Hughes, Virginia Kane, Lindsay Kellar-Madsen, William Varner & D A Angel. It also features art that screams with life and smoke and shade and brightness by Derek Ellis.

The Shore Issue 25 stares down the springtime of our discontent with poetry that refuses to flinch. It features sharp new work by Dana Wall, Doug Ramspeck, Sarah Carson, Jaiden Geolingo, Rachel Nelson, Mary Paterson, Beth Oast Williams, Sally Rosen Kindred, Anthony Frame, Michele Santamaria, Susan L Leary, ND Allison, Stuart Greenhouse, Nicole Callihan, Helen Gu, Rucha Virmani, Ellis Purdie, Caron Wolfe, Caroline Cahill, Christopher Locke, Disha Trivedi, V Joshua Adams, Radian Hong, Le Wang, Nadine Hitchiner, Lara Chamoun, Bex Hainsworth, Elizabeth Wing, Ann Haven McDonnell, Lee Potts, Alastair Morrison, Tom Blake, John Bradley, Minnie Wu, Shannon Hardwick, M Cynthia Cheung, Binoy Zuzarte, Jeremiah Moriarty, Michael Lauchlan, Kate Kobosko, and Sharon Denmark. It also features art that bursts off the screen by Jennifer A Howard.

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The Shore Issue 24 faces the brutal cold of our literal and figurative winter with wide, unflinching eyes. It features breathtaking new poems by Sagar Nair, Sierra Hixon, Derek Chan, Mary C Sims, Stella Reed, Dylan Tran, Kyla Guimaraes, Jacob Sheetz-Willard, JP Dancing Bear, Sophia P Smith, Yev Gelman, Michael Okafor, Hana Widerman, Jenna Jaco, Amber Rose Crowtree, Melissa Strilecki, Annie Przypyszny, Dan Albergotti, Zack Carson, Ammara Younas, Brian Satrom, Bri Griffiths, Jan Hallaman, Aiman Tahir Khan, Christien Gholson, Maree Cianci, Joseph Radke, Jeff Whitney, Zebulon Huset, Mihaela Mihailova, Allison Cundiff, Jennifer R Edwards, Lila Cutter, Meagan Chandler, Chris Hutchinson, Lucas Cardona, Jodi Balas, Jo Ann Clark, Johanna Maqiin, Sascha Feinstein, Barbara Duffey, Derek Ellis, and Jennifer K Sweeney. It also features memorable art by Ari Koontz.

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The Shore Issue 23 welcomes in the coming shadows of autumn with an array of poems shifting and redefining darkness, forgetting and the unseen. Enjoy haunting new work by Abigail Cloud, Emma Bolden, Melissa Holm Shoemake, Kashawn Taylor, Dylan Harbison, Annabel Li, Cheryl Chen, Amy DeBellis, Matthew Wood, I Echo, Michael Boccardo, Brian Chan, Chris Brunk, Margaret Malochleb, Ash Bowen, Leia K Bradley, Taylor Hamann Los, Charles Hensler, Gus Peterson, Veronica Kornberg, Brooks Lampe, Marko Capoferri, Cam McGlynn, Guo Feifei, Sofia Bagdade, Jane Feinsod, Talia Pinzari, Mary McSharry, Christy Ku, Catherine Redford, Wren Donovan, Alix Perry, Stephanie Karas, Jeffrey Kingman, Vanessa Y Niu, Sara J Grossman, Yoda Olinyk, Robert L Penick and Cecelia Hagen with world-shifting art, including this issue’s cover image, by Emma Rockenbeck.

The Shore Issue 22 sparks with sizzling poetry shimmering just in time for summer. Find new hot poetry by: John Gallaher, Ben Cooper, Susan Muth, Julia Kooi Talen, Kate Welsh, Brett Griffiths, Sarah Burke, Peter Herring, Ahana Chakraborty, Colleen Salisbury, CC Russell, Mary Morris, Sarah Fawn Montgomery, Olivia Jacobson, Zeke Shomler, Alyssa Jewell, Liz Robbins, Emilee Kinney, Meghan Sterling, Lauren Mallett, Mark Majcher, Kelly Erin Gray, Naomi Madlock, Rachael Lyon, Elya Braden, Julia Lisella, Christopher Faunce, Amy Thatcher, Jeremy Rock, Meredith MacLeod Davidson, Ana Prundaru, Nathan Erwin, Jacob Schepers, Kathryn Merwin, Calista Malone, Carson Colenbaugh, Bryan D Price, Amanda Russell, Jo Snow, Rachel White, Rebekah M Rykiel and JB Kalf. This issue also features unforgettable art by Madeline Hernstrom-Hill.

The Shore Issue 21 brings fresh new poetry, a rush of color and chaos, just in time for spring. The online issue is bursting with poetry by: Madeline Allen, Isabella Piedad Escamilla, Lexi Pelle, Anne Barngrover, Lara Egger, Sarah Anne Stinnett, Laura Donnelly, Kelli Russell Agodon, Sofia Fall, Martha SIlano, Mary Simmons, Erin Redfern, Brooke Sahni, Emma Murf, Nain Christopherson, Whitney Waters, Kelly Gray, Christian Ward, David Cazden, Caylee Gardner, Anthony Borruso, Christine Barkley, Lizzy Ke Polishan, Katherine Smith, BEE LB, Eric Cline, Michael Mark, Christine E Hamm, Leona Sevick, Sarah Elkins, Brendan Byrne, Lauren Swift, Robert Fillman, Donna Vorreyer, Christi Donoso, Lawrence Bridges, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Aaron Poochigian & Ronda Piszk Broatch. It also features striking and memorable art by Julia Kooi Talen.

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The Shore celebrates its 5th Anniversary with Issue 20 just in time for the season of reflection and introspection. These poems offer new ways to see the world accompanied by Susana Alcaraz’s visions of the world through a variety of art mediums. Poetry contributors include Sarah Barber, JP Dancing Bear, Tara Westmoor, Sarah Mills, Jane Zwart, Justin Howerton, Doug Rampseck, Zea Pippi Lotte van der Elsken, David Dodd Lee, Erinola E Daranijo, Allison Field Bell, Mickie Kennedy, Romana Iorga, Melanie H Manuel, Abbie Kiefer, Anna Pele, Kelle Groom, Drew Buxton, Philip Jason, James King, Grace Marie Liu, Osieka Osinimu Alao, Jane Satterfield, Rachel Becker, Caitlyn Curran, Agnieszka Tworek, Austin Allen James, Dorothy Lune, Milla van der Have, Kasey Jueds, Josh Luckenbach, Amanda Maret Scharf & Hannah Smith, Kathleen Winter, Alastair Morrison, Taylor Franson-Thiel, Seth Copeland, Ned Balbo and Constance Hansen.

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The Shore online poetry journal Issue 19 drops a little before the leaves with a longing for shadows and solace. These poems lace their lines across distance to celebrate the shortening days. This issue features new poems by Chelsea Dingman, Noor Shahzad, Jenny Munro-Hunt, MM Porter, Marisa Lainson, Catherine Weiss, Jennifer K Sweeney, Emily Patterson, Melody Wilson, Mary C Sims, Vanessa Ogle, Ruth Williams, Jill Klein, Lila Waterfield, Terin Weinberg, Heather Truett, Bill Hollands, Derek JG Williams, Tiffany Aurelia, Alejandra Cabezas, Conan Tan, Lizzie Hutton, Sam Moe, Elinor Ann Walker, Alyse Knorr, Todd Campbell, Mckendy Fils-Aimé, Jennifer Bullis, SE Street, Eric Steineger, Melanie Branton, Michael Lauchlan, Jared Povanda, Maggie Rue Hess, Jack B Bedell, Donald Pasmore and Ann Weil. It also features haunting art by Rachel Storck.

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The Shore Issue 18 brings the heat of distance and language and parenthood into haunting haze and burning light of the new season. It features scintillating poetry by Haley Winans, Sara Femenella, Dorsey Craft, Lisa Lewis, William Littlejohn-Oram, Laura Apol, Matthew Gustafson, Tracey Knapp, Sandra Fees, Roman Bobek, Jordan Walker, Emily A Benton, Jeff Newberry, Christopher McCormick, Katie Mora, Ashish Kumar Singh, Allison Thung, Fathia Quadri Eniola, Saba Husain, Matthew McDonald, Austin Segrest, Matthew Murrey, Amy DeBellis, Helena Mesa, Inkyoo Lee, Phoebe Gilmore, Alexander Duringer, Dan Schall, Jamie Tews, Peggy Hammond, Andrew Vogel, Laurel Benjamin, Annette Sisson, Phil Goldstein, Lisa Low, Barbara Daniels, Adam D Weeks, David Eileen Winn and Sarah B Cahalan. It also features art that interrogates ideas of space and distance by Andrew Spitzer.

The Shore Issue 17 ushers in the spring with fresh poetry blooming into the world by Jennie E Owen, Pamilerin Jacob, Milica Mijatović, Nike Onwu, Frank Graziano, Samantha DeFlitch, Divyasri Krishnan, Michael Quattrone, Kelly R Samuels, Farai Chaka, Melissa Strilecki, KG Newman, Susannah Lawrence, Melanie McCabe, Ellen Zhang, Crystal Cox, Maggie L Wang, Ben Groner III, Ryleigh Wann, Savannah Cooper, Prosper C Ìféányí, Jill Khoury, Lily Greenberg, Luke Johnson, Jane Newkirk, Jessica Goodfellow, Nicholas Ritter, Jen Karetnick, Christopher Blackman, Laura Grace Weldon, Lindsay Clark, Alex Gurtis, Jill Kitchen, Taylor J Johnson, Letitia Jiju, Meg Kelleher, William G Gillespie, Kai Pretto, Karen Elizabeth Sharpe, John Barr, Arvinder Kaur Johri, Alston Tyer and Vincent Frontero. The issue is also awash with art by Ruby Miller & Kimberly Turner.

The Shore issue 16 marks the online quarterly publication’s fourth full year of production, and the newest issues keeps to their standard of selecting poems from new and established poets that are “cutting, strange, and daring.” Featured in this issue are works by Ellery Beck, Nasser Alsinan, Ryan Varadi, Michael Goodfellow, John Glowney, Heather Qin, Helen Nancy Meneilly, Mary Simmons, Justin Carter, Michel Agunbiade, Maggie Boyd Hare, Maya C Thompson, Ronda Piszk Broatch, Chris McCann, Margaret M Kelly, Daniel Dias Callahan, Katie Tian, Martha Silano, Marina Brown, Mike WIlson, Anthony Gabriel, Christopher Citro & Dustin Nightingale, Shannon Hardwick, Kevin Roy, Jay Brecker, Lauren Badillo Milici, Grant Schutzman, Monica Cure, Brandon Hansen, Erin Wilson, Lucas Dean Clark, M Cynthia Cheung, Leland Seese, Joey Wańczyk, Kimberly Ann Priest, Joe Dahut, and Vanessa Couto Johnson with haunting art by taylor d waring.

The Shore issue 15 is here to bring in the autumn with crisp new poems by Michael Emmanuel, Jill Crammond, Ali Wood, Amy Wang, Lynne Ellis, Doug Ramspeck, Robert Carr, Nano Taggart, Mary Ford Neal, Jessica Baldanzi, Anne Cheilek, Jeanna Paden, Elizabeth Joy Levinson, Juliana Gray, Madelyn Musick, Ryler Dustin, Michelle Park, McKenzie Teter, Lawrence Di Stefano, Alicia Byrne Keane, Erin Little, Abigail Chang, Ion Corcos, Alec Hershman, Alison Hurwitz, Rachel Walker, Jared Beloff, Sarah Wallis, Brooke Harries, Adam Day, Maria Hiers, Bobby Parrott, Hannah Schoettmer, Lora Robinson, Jesse Fleming, Taylor Cornelius, Jennifer Metsker, Carson Sawyer, Gary Fox, and Annalee Roustio. This issue also features “gasp-worthy” art by Kaelyn Wright! All free to read online, so click on over and check it out today!

The just-released summer issue of The Shore online poetry magazine of cutting, strange, and daring work from new and established poets alike is glistening with powerful work! In it is hot new poetry by Flourish Joshua, Aron Wander, James Kelly Quigley, KJ Li, Meghan Sterling, Alyx Chandler, Derek N Otsuji, Robert Fanning, Siobhan Jean-Charles, Ariel Machell, V. Batyko, Marcy Rae Henry, Hannah Riffell, Anne Taylor, Lily Beaumont, Jennifer Martelli, Lisa Trudeau, Kimberly Kralowec, Laura Vitcova, John MacNeill Miller, Aaron Magloire, Abdulkareem Abdulkareem, Molly Tenenbaum, Joseph Housley, Kayla Rutledge, Samuel Burt, Chris Kingsley, James Owens, Alexandre Ferrere, Urvashi Bahuguna, Amanda Roth, Jory Michelson, Miceala Morano, Seth Leeper, Michael Lauchlan, Summer Smith, Mary Lou Buschi, Jack B Bedell, Adam Gianforaco and Robert Beveridge. It also features amazing art by Roger McChargue.