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Lines That Stay.

Grab your books, bring your feelings. I've been collecting lines that stop me cold... the ones I read twice, the ones I underline, the ones I'm still thinking about a year later. This is where I share them, and why they got me.

Newsletter · By A Poet Named Shawna · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 22, 2026
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Sep 15, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    logical doesnt always mean right (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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    I picked this book up because I was tired of that sentence: you’re being emotional. Women hear it about almost anything until eventually they stop trusting the feeling at all and start apologizing for having it. What intrigued me about The Gift of Fear is that Gavin de Becker takes the exact opposite position: that logical doesn’t always mean right, and the feeling you’ve been trained to override might be the only thing in the room actually paying attention. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewab

  2. Issue · Sep 15, 2026

    New Poem (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    You could tell themIt’s a placeon the mapBut can only be seenWhen the sky is blackAnd the stars are outSo clearlyI’m backLeaving his houseShy of oneWhere the darknessIs feltThat can’t be pulledApartYoung loveFor the cost of a kissAnd a two dollar movieYou’d never want to miss.Where are you from?You could tell themWhere dads come out to playA game of horse and backyard tagYou wonder whyYoursNever learned to stayYou could tell themYou share regretsAn

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